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H16 -
Always Fresh: Reading Austen's Pride and Prejudice

No matter how many times we read --or teac--Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, our sense of wonder springs up with every fresh reading. As William Deresiewicz comments, "Personally, I don't find it credible that Pride and Prejudice was written by anyone, at any age" (Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets). Whether it was her "genius, or talent, or creativity; a gift from the gods or genetic good luck," we can only marvel that Austen achieved such perfection of plotting, dialogue, characterization, and sheer joyful energy in her masterpiece. In this seminar, we will consider the book's construction, especially pondering the way three crucial middle chapters transform the novel's spirit and create the distinct epistemological problems that underlie the first and second halves of the book.

Scholar:

Marcia Folsom

Location:

Harvard Hillel

Dates:

1/8/2010, 1/15/2010

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H16 -	Always Fresh: Reading Austen's Pride and Prejudice

	No matter how many times we read --or teac--Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, our sense of wonder springs up with every fresh reading. As William Deresiewicz comments, "Personally, I don't find it credible that Pride and Prejudice was written by anyone, at any age" (Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets). Whether it was her "genius, or talent, or creativity; a gift from the gods or genetic good luck," we can only marvel that Austen achieved such perfection of plotting, dialogue, characterization, and sheer joyful energy in her masterpiece. In this seminar, we will consider the book's construction, especially pondering the way three crucial middle chapters transform the novel's spirit and create the distinct epistemological problems that underlie the first and second halves of the book.

		Scholar:	Marcia Folsom
		Location:	Harvard Hillel
		Dates:	1/8/2010, 1/15/2010