Ep 69: Gothic Literature and Northanger Abbey, Featuring the Return of Tash!
First Impressions: Why All the Austen Haters Are Wrong
English - October 30, 2022 19:45 - 1 hour - 76.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsBooks Arts Leisure Hobbies Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Just in time for Halloween, we're back with our guest Natasha Junor (who you may remember from our Clueless episode!) to discuss Gothic literature and the ways it intersects with Austen's world and works. Tash is an Australian academic and Jane Austen scholar who is doing a deep dive into this topic in preparation for a possible dissertation on the subject, and she's stopping by to share her expertise with us! Join us for a fascinating exploration of how Gothic literature was received in Regency-era England, how it allowed women of that era to explore otherwise forbidden topics, and how Austen interpreted the Gothic in her novel Northanger Abbey.
And I promise to finally release Ep 6 of our P&P commentary very soon! I know I said it was coming next! But I lied! -K