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The Line of Thought
. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.
--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 2
Celebration, by any name
A 250th birthday goes by many names . It can be called a semiquincentennial, a sestercentennial, a quarter millennial--even a...
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Deborah Yaffe
Dec 5, 2024
Janeite grandmother
In this season of brutal political combat, it’s consoling to remember back to a less conflict-ridden past. And so it is that I felt a...
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Deborah Yaffe
Nov 18, 2024
Thriller
Are you feeling sad that you won’t be able to join the Jane Austen 250th Birthday festivities in England next year? Fear not! You can...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 1, 2024
Formulaic
Is there an Austen Formula—a tried-and-true template, created by Jane Austen, that would-be novelists can adapt to their own purposes?...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jun 17, 2024
Jane Austen, partner in crime
While much Jane Austen-inspired fiction can be classed as romance, a thriving subset draws on the conventions of the mystery genre....
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Deborah Yaffe
May 9, 2024
Growth spurt
Back in the 2010s, when I first started reading Jane Austen fanfic, the typical example of the genre was a romance novel, either Regency...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 31, 2023
Jane Austen universe(s)
In the world of Jane Austen fanfic--whether on page, stage, or screen--there are, it sometimes seems, no new ideas. Jane Austen with...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 3, 2023
Represent
Representation is a hot topic in literary circles these days, as publishers reckon (late, slowly, and imperfectly) with their long...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 1, 2023
The unwritten manuscript
The untimely death last year of the acclaimed historical novelist Hilary Mantel was immediately recognized as a tragic loss for the world...
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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 19, 2021
Mr. Wickham, live
The BBC’s iconic 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is known among Janeites by various shorthands: * There’s “the wet-shirt P&P,” for...
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Deborah Yaffe
Feb 15, 2021
The Emma Trap
What is the nature of inspiration? How elastic is its definition? How large a distance can stretch between inspiration and inspiree...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 28, 2021
Coming attractions?
Surely the universe owes us a better year than the last. And for Janeites who enjoy screen adaptations of their favorite author, the...
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