How Jane Austen’s Emma changed the face of fiction
The story of a self-deluded heroine in a small village, Jane Austen’s Emma hardly seems revolutionary. But, 200 years after it was first published, John Mullan argues that it belongs alongside the works of Flaubert, Joyce and Woolf as one of the great experimental novels...continue reading...
Jane Austen’s Subtly Subversive Linguistics
Why are Jane Austen books still so beloved? A linguist argues it has more to do with Austen’s masterful use of language than with plot...continue reading...
Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’: How Austen Writes an Independent Woman
It’s not hard to see how Emma could be read as an anti-feminist text. Though Emma is wealthy, none of the wealth is hers. She is completely beholden to the indulgence of her father. Though his character dotes upon Emma to an almost comical degree, if he suddenly became less lenient, Emma would have no financial alternative....continue reading...