Deborah YaffeOct 20, 2016JASNA, Emma, and D.C.By the time you read this, I’ll be on my way to Washington, D.C., to attend the Jane Austen Society of North America’s thirty-eighth...
Deborah YaffeOct 17, 2016Curricular mattersOnce again, Jane Austen has been roped into something that she might better be left out of. Judging from my daily Austen Google alert,...
Deborah YaffeOct 13, 2016Jane Austen, college recruiterOver the past few years, as I’ve sent one child off to college and begun preparing another to follow, I’ve gotten to know a little bit...
Deborah YaffeOct 10, 2016Austen tunesWe’ve had Jane Austen musicals, Jane Austen operas, and databases of the music that Jane Austen herself played. And now comes word that a...
Deborah YaffeOct 6, 2016JA and QELast year, I blogged about a ship named for Jane Austen on which well-heeled passengers could cruise along Europe’s scenic rivers. And...
Deborah YaffeOct 3, 2016Twisted Austen?By now, the juxtaposition of sex with the supposedly decorous Jane Austen has lost much of its incongruity: We’ve all run across...
Deborah YaffeSep 29, 2016The Austen Catch-Up Project: Sarah EmsleyPerhaps because Jane Austen’s writing feels so fresh and modern, it’s tempting to imagine her as a contemporary who shares our...
Deborah YaffeSep 26, 2016Augmented Janeite realityTumblr is a social media platform that I simply do not understand, at least not yet. Luckily, I have a teenage daughter. And she sends me...
Deborah YaffeSep 22, 2016Janeite demigod turns 80Screenwriter Andrew Davies, who turned 80 this past Tuesday, is a Janeite demigod, the man who brought us not only the beloved 1995...