SEMINAR PROFILE

H16 -
Pleasure Squared and Squared Again: Rereading Austen's Emma

On the hundredth anniversary of Jane Austen's death, in July 1917, Reginald Farrer described the grandeur of Emma: "While twelve readings of Pride and Prejudice give you twelve periods of pleasure repeated, as many readings of Emma give you that pleasure, not repeated only, but squared and squared again, with each new perusal, till at every fresh reading you feel anew that you never understood anything like the widening sum of its delights." This heartfelt tribute to Austen's Emma invites new readers and rereaders of the novel to discover the pleasures of Austen's greatest achievement. Looking at the brilliant language of the narrator and the characters, the novel's comedy, and its surprising moral depth, this seminar will explore the ways Austen's Emma rewards rereading to understand the multiple meanings of every scene and every narrative passage.

Scholar:

Marcia Folsom

Location:

Harvard Hillel

Dates:

1/7/2011, 1/14/2011

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H16 -	Pleasure Squared and Squared Again: Rereading Austen's Emma

	On the hundredth anniversary of Jane Austen's death, in July 1917, Reginald Farrer described the grandeur of Emma: "While twelve readings of Pride and Prejudice give you twelve periods of pleasure repeated, as many readings of Emma give you that pleasure, not repeated only, but squared and squared again, with each new perusal, till at every fresh reading you feel anew that you never understood anything like the widening sum of its delights." This heartfelt tribute to Austen's Emma invites new readers and rereaders of the novel to discover the pleasures of Austen's greatest achievement. Looking at the brilliant language of the narrator and the characters, the novel's comedy, and its surprising moral depth, this seminar will explore the ways Austen's Emma rewards rereading to understand the multiple meanings of every scene and every narrative passage.

		Scholar:	Marcia Folsom
		Location:	Harvard Hillel
		Dates:	1/7/2011, 1/14/2011