JASNA-VT Meeting! Oct 1, 2-4 pm with JASNA President Mary Mintz


As We Welcome JASNA President

Mary Mintz

Jane Austen’s Reputation:
Highlights of Her First Century in American Periodicals
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Magazines and journals published in the United States during the nineteenth century provide an interesting­­ and mixed picture of Jane Austen’s reputation.

Sunday, October 1

2:00-4:00 pm

Richmond Free Library
201 Bridge St, Richmond, VT 

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Mary Mintz is the President of Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA). She holds two master’s degrees, one in library science and one in English literature with a specialization in nineteenth-century British literature. She is the Associate Director for Outreach, as well as Humanities and Honors Librarian, at the American University Library in Washington DC. As a faculty member at the University, she works closely with history and literature students to support their original research. Before becoming President of JASNA, Mary served in several positions on the Board of Directors, in addition to being a Co-Regional Coordinator of the DC Metropolitan Region of JASNA.

~ Free & open to the public ~ Light refreshments served ~

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Edith Wharton ~ January 24, 1862

I direct you yet again to my Bygone Books Blog for a short post with links on Edith Wharton.

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Edgar Allan Poe ~ January 19, 1809

I again direct you to my Bygone Books Blog for a celebration of the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849.  Though you may wonder what this has to do with Jane Austen, and I agree that the link is tenuous as best [though indeed, is Emma not a mystery??]   But I did find this link to the Book Mine Set blog that quoted Mark Twain as saying the following about Poe (and we know what he had to say about our Dear Jane!):

Of Poe, [Mark Twain] said,”To me his prose is unreadable—like Jane Austen’s.”

This Book Mine Set blog does a weekly post “The Great Wednesday Compare” pitting two authors against each other. Austen beat out Poe 48-8! [she then went on to beat Lucy Montgomery and Kurt Vonnegut, but lost by 2 points to Dr. Seuss the following week!] Go to the blog and read the many comments…it is quite entertaining! 

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And there are of course those action figures…

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