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How we name our children follows trends like any other cultural expression. It’s about taste as well as broader societal shifts.
Music is featured in most of Jane Austen’s novels and recent research is teaching us more about her personal love of music. What can it tell us about the world of Jane Austen?
Through careful framing and dialogue, Autumn de Wilde’s movie portrays Emma as the embodiment of perfection, rather than less-than-faultless heroine of Austen’s book.
At the time of publication, the longevity of Jane Austen’s fifth novel Emma was far from guaranteed. And yet, 200 years later, it now seems immortal. This is the story of its remarkable life.
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Adjunct Associate in English, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor, English and Comparative Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Nottingham Trent University
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Assistant professor in Nordic Studies, University of Copenhagen
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