In today’s Free Press is a story on Prof. Warhol-Down’s involvement with editing the text Women’s Worlds: The McGraw-Hill Anthology of Women’s Writings, which came out in December 2007.
Prof. Warhol-Down, guest speaker on the subject of Jane Austen’s Narrative Refusals at JASNA-Vermont’s inaugural meeting on 30 March 2008, was given a ‘thank-you’ membership to JASNA, thereby becoming our chapter’s eighteenth member.
Just finished Northanger Abbey (not for the first time I must add, but a closer reading than ever before)…so I invite conversation!
Remember to watch the 2nd part of PBS’s Sense & Sensibility, Sunday April 6, 2008 at 9pm.
You can check out the PBS blog at Remotely Connected and the PBS Jane Austen Blog.
Here are a few links to other Austen blogs with lots of commentary on PBS’s new “Sense & Sensibility”… these are so worth sharing!
At Austenprose Laurel Ann has several posts:
* Puzzling Legal Nonsense in Austen’s Sense and Sensibility
* Austen’s Willoughby: Truly a Byronic Hero, or Libertine? Part One
* Withstanding Sense, or Sensibility: Review of Episode One
* Sense and Sensibility: Cast Preview
At Jane Austen’s World see Ms. Place’s posts:
* S&S Soaked
* Footmen in JA’s Movie Adaptations
* S&S 2008 Makes Wonderful Sense, for the Most Part…
iJane: Jane Austen in the Information Age a seminar featuring Maggie Sullivan of Austen Blog and Myretta Robens of The Republic of Pemberley will take place on May 3, 2008 from 10-4 in Rochester, NY. There will also be a Jane Austen Ball the following day, with English Country dances of the Jane Austen era. This Multi-Regional Conference is co-sponsored by JASNA-Rochester and JASNA-Syracuse. For more complete information, go to our events page and follow the links.
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How delightful to spend a whole weekend immersed in all things Austen! The Governor’s House in Hyde Park, Vermont is offering several “Persuasion” related Jane Austen Weekends…you can sign up for the whole weekend or just take part in one or more of the activities. Please see below for all the information.
Jane Austen Weekends The Governor’s House in Hyde Park 100 Main Street Hyde Park, Vermont Friday – Sunday, August 15 – 17; September 5 – 7; December 12-14; January 9-11 call or E-mail for reservations 802 888-6888 info@OneHundredMain.com
A leisurely weekend of literary-inspired diversions has something for every Jane Austen devotee. Slip quietly back into Regency England in a beautiful old mansion where Jane herself would feel at home. Take afternoon tea. Listen to Mozart. Bring your needlework. Share your thoughts at a discussion of Persuasion and how the movie stands up to the book. Attend the talk entitled “The Time of Jane Austen”. Test your knowledge of Persuasion and the Regency period and possibly take home a prize. Take a carriage ride. For the gentleman there are riding and fly fishing as well as lots of more modern diversions if a whole weekend of Jane is not his cup of tea. Join every activity or simply indulge yourself quietly all weekend watching the movies. And imagine the interesting conversation with a whole houseful of Jane’s readers under one roof. Dress in whichever century suits you. It’s not Bath, but it is Hyde Park and you’ll love Vermont circa 1800. Jane Austen Weekend rates start at $295 for singles and $260 per person for doubles and include two nights’ lodging, Friday evening’s talk over dessert and coffee, full breakfast on Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon tea, Saturday dinner and book discussion, early Sunday Continental breakfast, and the Jane Austen quiz with Sunday brunch. 9% Vermont tax is additional. The usual cancellation policy applies. Or come for just an evening and choose from these activities: *Infomal Talk with Coffee and Dessert, Friday, 8:00 p.m., $14.00 *Afternoon Tea, Saturday, 3:00 p.m., $20.00 *Book Discussion and Dinner, Saturday, 7:00 p.m., $35.00 *Jane Austen Quiz and Sunday Brunch, Sunday, 11:30 a.m., $15.00 All four activities: $75.00 100 Main Street • Hyde Park, VT 05655 |
Deb has been busy gathering and posting information, merchandise offers from JASNA regions, and she’s also fleshed out the EVENTS area to give a fuller picture of JASNA-VERMONT happenings, local activities of Austen interest (dancing!), and a few upcoming JASNA lectures held within driveable distance.
I want to point out the information on the next three Annual General Meetings. AGMs are only open to JASNA members in good standing (and a mere 550 of those!); invitations for Chicago will reach mailboxes sometime in May. I want to encourage Vermont JASNA members to seriously think of attending Philadelphia’s AGM in October 2009. This is the closest it will get to us for the next few years (the 2010 AGM will be in Portland, Oregon). And we are lucky to have two members (Nancy Charkes, who summers in Fairlee; Lorraine Hanaway, who summers near Littleton, New Hampshire) who are involved in the Eastern PA chapter that will be hosting!
Anyone with questions about AGMs in general, please direct them to Deb. She has attended many in the past, and also plans to attend Chicago’s.
[just a mention: some papers given at AGMs are submitted to Persuasions and Persuasions Online; look over past issues to get an idea of the types of varied breakout sessions you’ll be able to attend!]
In today’s email, a notice from PBS that Sense and Sensibility (the newest BBC production) is being offered for 20% off. The Small Print: you must purchase the two-production S&S/Persuasion 3 disk set, and buy it through BBC America’s webshop. Email me if you want the promotion code for this offer (which expires 30 April 2008).
Just a quick word to say WELCOME to all our readers. Only one installment left – the 2nd part of Sense and Sensibility – before PBS’s Austen season comes to an end. So it will soon be time to re-open the books, and also dip into other film versions.
Prof. Warhol-Down spoke quite enthusastically (except as regards those last eight minutes…) of the 2005 Pride and Prejudice. So it would be nice to hear from Vermont Austen-lovers about the recent TV adaptations, as well as vote on your favourites from the past. One of our hopes for an upcoming meeting would be a viewing, which you know means lots of discussion (pro and con) afterwards!
Looking over the JASNA website, I am reminded to mention The Jane Austen Survey, being conducted by Jeanne Kiefer. She is gathering information in order to present her findings at the Chicago AGM. So check out the survey. If you have limited internet access or are more comfortable doing the survey by putting pen to paper, contact Kelly or Deb for a PAPER copy.
Another bit of news: THIS WEEK (March 30-April 5) Pemberley is beginning a group read of Austen’s Emma (chapters 1-9). Subsequent chapters are discussed through mid-May. Check out the schedule then click on the Group Read Board for the actual discussions.
Also, PBS has scheduled Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford for May 4, 11, and 18. By all UK reports, this is a very good adaptation!
The newly formed Vermont Regional Chapter of JASNA (The Jane Austen Society of North America) had its first public gathering on Sunday, March 30, 2008, at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. Professor Robyn Warhol-Down of the University of Vermont spoke to a group of about 65 people on “‘I Quit Such Odious Subjects’: Austen’s Narrative Refusals.” Professor Warhol-Down talked about her research into the ways that narrators in 19th-century British novels talk about parts of their stories they will not or cannot tell, and focuses on Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Henry James and, of course, Jane Austen. Her forthcoming book is titled “Narrative Refusals: What Doesn’t Happen in 19th-century British Novels.” A lively discussion followed.
The Regional Coordinators of the chapter are Kelly McDonald and Deborah Barnum; Marcia Merrill will be the treasurer; Carol Madden our secretary; and Lynne Hefferon, the refreshments coordinator. And we are always looking for more volunteers! We plan on having quarterly events to which the public is invited (Champlain College has graciously offered conference rooms for our use), as well as JASNA-only member gatherings for book readings and discussion (and of course, movies as well, as they always slip into every such conversation!)
We hope to keep everyone informed of our activities via this blog. We welcome your comments and encourage discussion. There is certainly a lot of Austen-talk to be had, especially with the newest crop of films on Masterpiece Theatre, and we hope you will participate with us.
Please check the “Schedule of Events” page to see what we have planned for the rest of 2008, as well as thoughts for 2009 and beyond. Please join us whenever you can!
Jane Austen in Vermont 
