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"Beauty Sleeping in the Lap of Horror": Searching for the Sublime in Regency Culture

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"Beauty Sleeping in the Lap of Horror": Searching for the Sublime in Regency Culture

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"'Beauty Sleeping in the Lap of Horror': Searching for the Sublime in Regency Culture" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2018, entitled "Northanger Abbey and Frankenstein: 200 Years of Horror." Anne Fertig provides an overview of the popular concept of the sublime and explores how Gothic novelists incorporated it into their writings.

Subject:: Art History; Arts and Humanities; British Literature; English Language Arts; Literature; Reading Literature
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Anne Fertig
Date Added:: 06/18/2020

"Do Not Imagine that I Often Read Novels": Or, Dangerous Fiction and the Regency Reader

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"Do Not Imagine that I Often Read Novels": Or, Dangerous Fiction and the Regency Reader

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"'Do Not Imagine that I Often Read Novels': Or, Dangerous Fiction and the Regency Reader" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2018, entitled "Northanger Abbey and Frankenstein: 200 Years of Horror." Rachael Isom introduces popular understandings and criticisms of the novel in Austen's time.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; British Literature; English Language Arts; Literature; Reading Literature
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Rachael Isom
Date Added:: 06/18/2020

Eighteenth-Century Masquerades and the People Who Hated Them

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Eighteenth-Century Masquerades and the People Who Hated Them

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"Eighteenth-Century Masquerades and the People Who Hated Them" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2018, entitled "Northanger Abbey and Frankenstein: 200 Years of Horror." Allison Palisoul provides a short history of the masquerade ball and explores its connection to the Gothic novel.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; British Literature; English Language Arts; Literature; Reading Literature; World Cultures
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Allison Palisoul
Date Added:: 06/18/2020

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Entailment 101

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"Entailment 101" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2019, entitled "Pride and Prejudice and Its Afterlives." Eric Bontempo explores the structure of financial inheritance that greatly affects the lives of the Bennet sisters.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; British Literature; English Language Arts; Law; Legal History; Literature; Reading Literature
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Eric Bontempo
Date Added:: 06/19/2020

Free Indirect Discourse in Jane Austen's Emma

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Free Indirect Discourse in Jane Austen's Emma

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Free Indirect Discourse in Emma was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2015, entitled "Emma at 200." In this presentation, Bridget Donnelly explores Austen's signature narrative style.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; British Literature; Composition and Rhetoric; English Language Arts; Literature; Reading Literature
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Bridget Donnelly
Date Added:: 06/15/2020

Gypsies, Farmers, Governesses, and Orphans: Class Status in Emma

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Gypsies, Farmers, Governesses, and Orphans: Class Status in Emma

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"Gypsies, Farmers, Governesses, and Orphans: Class Status in Emma" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2015, entitled "Emma at 200." Suzanna Geiser provides historical context to the characters' keen interest in social status.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; British Literature; English Language Arts; Literature; Reading Literature; Social Science; Sociology
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Suzanna Geiser
Date Added:: 06/15/2020

The Militia Comes to Meryton: Quartering Troops in Austen's Time

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The Militia Comes to Meryton: Quartering Troops in Austen's Time

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"The Militia Comes to Meryton: Quartering Troops in Austen's Time" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2019, entitled "Pride and Prejudice and Its Adaptations." Leslie Rowen explores the Regency military and its effects on smaller communities.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; British Literature; English Language Arts; Literature; Political Science; Reading Literature; Social Science
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Leslie Rowen
Date Added:: 06/19/2020

The (Mis)fortune of Poetry: Romantic Poetry in Persuasion

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The (Mis)fortune of Poetry: Romantic Poetry in Persuasion

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"The (Mis)Fortune of Poetry: Romantic Poetry in Persuasion" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2017, entitled "Persuasion at 200." Taras Mikhailiuk provides an overview of Romantic poetry and explores how the values of this genre are represented in Austen's novel.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; British Literature; English Language Arts; Literature; Reading Literature
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Taras Mikhailiuk
Date Added:: 06/17/2020

Mourning and Portraiture

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Mourning and Portraiture

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"Mourning and Portraiture" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2017, entitled "Persuasion at 200." Rae Yan provides context on mourning culture and miniature painting to provide insight into Austen's characters.

Subject:: Art History; Arts and Humanities; British Literature; English Language Arts; Literature; Reading Literature
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Rae Yan
Date Added:: 06/17/2020

Ordination and Livings in the Church of England

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Ordination and Livings in the Church of England

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"Ordinations and Livings in the Church of England" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2016, entitled "Mansfield Park and Its Afterlives." Ashley J. King provides an explanation of what religious livings and ordinations involved during Austen's time.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; British Literature; English Language Arts; Literature; Reading Literature; Religious Studies
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Ashley King
Date Added:: 06/16/2020

Parental Authority and Its Legal Limits

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Parental Authority and Its Legal Limits

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"Parental Authority and Its Legal Limits" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2017, entitled "Persuasion at 200." Suzanna Geiser provides social and legal context for Austen's portrayal of various family structures in Persuasion.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; British Literature; English Language Arts; Law; Legal History; Literature; Reading Literature
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Suzanna Geiser
Date Added:: 06/17/2020

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Pugs in Art

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"Pugs in Art" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2016, entitled "Mansfield Park and Its Afterlives." Rae Yan explores the symbolic meanings and historical popularity of the pug, the constant companion of Lady Maria Bertram throughout Mansfield Park.

Subject:: Art History; Arts and Humanities; British Literature; English Language Arts; Literature; Reading Literature
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Rae Yan
Date Added:: 06/16/2020

"Remember...the Age in Which We Live": Science, Technology, and Regency Society

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"Remember...the Age in Which We Live": Science, Technology, and Regency Society

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"'Remember...the Age in Which We Live': Science, Technology, and Regency Society" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2018, entitled "Northanger Abbey and Frankenstein: 200 Years of Horror." Elizabeth Shand explores scientific knowledge advancements that transformed society during the Regency era.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Atmospheric Science; Biology; British Literature; English Language Arts; Life Science; Literature; Physical Science; Reading Literature
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Liz Shand
Date Added:: 06/18/2020

Riddles and Games in Jane Austen's Emma

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Riddles and Games in Jane Austen's Emma

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"Riddles and Games in Jane Austen's Emma" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer Program of 2015, entitled "Emma at 200." Adam McCune provides a historical overview of the card and word games that the characters play throughout the novel and connects them to social maneuvers of the same characters.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; British Literature; English Language Arts; Literature; Reading Literature; World Cultures
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Adam McCune
Date Added:: 06/15/2020

"Sisters, Sisters": Historical Context for Sororal Relationships in Pride and Prejudice

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"Sisters, Sisters": Historical Context for Sororal Relationships in Pride and Prejudice

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"'Sisters, Sisters': Historical Context for Sororal Relationships in Pride and Prejudice" was first presented at the Jane Austen Summer program of 2019, entitled "Pride and Prejudice and Its Afterlives." Emily Sferra explores a multitude of sisterly relationships in Austen's life and the public sphere to shed light upon Austen's depiction of the Bennet sisters.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; British Literature; English Language Arts; Gender Studies; Literature; Reading Literature; Social Science
Material Type:: Lecture; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Jane Austen Summer Program
Author:: Emily Sferra
Date Added:: 06/19/2020