Deborah YaffeMar 6Writing womenAs a writer who is also a fan of period drama, I pay attention to the screenwriting credits on my favorite literary-minded TV...
Deborah YaffeOct 28, 2021Boo!It’s the scary season – ghosts, witches, creaking doors in haunted houses. For Janeites, however, the Internet’s frightening capacity to...
Deborah YaffeAug 12, 2021Deck the hallsIt was Christmas in July for those of us who spend our days looking for pop-culture recognition of Jane Austen’s genius: * July 14:...
Deborah YaffeFeb 8, 2016Meme-ing of JaneJaneite creativity, while most obvious in the groaning shelves of fanfiction based on Austen’s novels, isn’t confined to any one medium:...
Deborah YaffeFeb 12, 2015Fifty Shades of JaneBy now, you may have heard that the filmed adaptation of a pop-culture work with a legion of breathless fans is coming to a multiplex...
Deborah YaffeApr 30, 2014**headdesk**Some days you get that hopeless feeling – that sense that the mountain of ignorance is so high and so wide that you, chipping away with...
Deborah YaffeOct 16, 2013Jane Austen, Jane Eyre. Whatever.I love it when things like this* turn up in my daily Google alert for "Jane Austen": "Apparently every generation needs its own version...
