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The Life and Works of Jane Austen
Born to the ranks of the lower English gentry in 1775, Jane Austen led what some have mistakenly described as an ordinary and unremarkable life - a life that ended all too soon at the age of 41. But from this life, Austen drew inspiration for six novels that all rank as literary masterpieces, including the widely beloved Pride and Prejudice. So, what do we really know about Austen’s life and influences?
With Professor Devoney Looser of Arizona State University, you will get invaluable insight into Austen’s everyday reality in the elegant and tumultuous Regency period and a more thorough understanding of her influence and lasting legacy. Over the course of the 24 lessons of The Life and Works of Jane Austen, you will explore her six completed works, as well as her raucous teenage writings and unfinished novels. You will also get a guided tour of Austen’s world - the politics, social dynamics, major events, cultural markers, and class structures that defined the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Great Britain - and how these elements shaped her life and inspired her work. While there may always be a certain amount of mystery about Austen’s life, this course offers a fuller understanding of her world and how she brilliantly captured it on the page.
Jane Austen’s work was shaped profoundly by the world she lived in, and The Life and Works of Jane Austen offers you the chance to explore this world and to see how the novels Austen published over two centuries ago continue to engage and entertain readers and influence popular culture through countless adaptations on page and screen. Whether you are a fan, a casual reader - or even someone who has always been a little confused by “Austenmania” - this course will illuminate the worlds, both real and imagined, of Austen’s fiction and her astonishing contributions to literature.
With Professor Devoney Looser of Arizona State University, you will get invaluable insight into Austen’s everyday reality in the elegant and tumultuous Regency period and a more thorough understanding of her influence and lasting legacy. Over the course of the 24 lessons of The Life and Works of Jane Austen, you will explore her six completed works, as well as her raucous teenage writings and unfinished novels. You will also get a guided tour of Austen’s world - the politics, social dynamics, major events, cultural markers, and class structures that defined the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Great Britain - and how these elements shaped her life and inspired her work. While there may always be a certain amount of mystery about Austen’s life, this course offers a fuller understanding of her world and how she brilliantly captured it on the page.
Jane Austen’s work was shaped profoundly by the world she lived in, and The Life and Works of Jane Austen offers you the chance to explore this world and to see how the novels Austen published over two centuries ago continue to engage and entertain readers and influence popular culture through countless adaptations on page and screen. Whether you are a fan, a casual reader - or even someone who has always been a little confused by “Austenmania” - this course will illuminate the worlds, both real and imagined, of Austen’s fiction and her astonishing contributions to literature.
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Devoney Looser
22 books178 followersHi! I'm Devoney Looser, Regents Professor at Arizona State U. I also go by Stone Cold Jane Austen, especially on roller skates. I'm really excited about my next book, Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane (St Martin's Press), coming out 2 September 2025. It's just in time for Austen's 250th birthday.
I've also written or edited eleven other books, including Sister Novelists and The Making of Jane Austen. Check out my lessons on Jane Austen on The Great Courses and Audible. Then sign up for my free author newsletter on history's strong women, from Jane Austen to roller derby. Thanks so much for connecting here.
P. S. I pronounce my name DEV-oh-knee LOH-zer. It wasn't a great name to have as a kid on a playground, but it definitely made me stronger!
I've also written or edited eleven other books, including Sister Novelists and The Making of Jane Austen. Check out my lessons on Jane Austen on The Great Courses and Audible. Then sign up for my free author newsletter on history's strong women, from Jane Austen to roller derby. Thanks so much for connecting here.
P. S. I pronounce my name DEV-oh-knee LOH-zer. It wasn't a great name to have as a kid on a playground, but it definitely made me stronger!
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March 8, 2021
24 lectures on writing, life, times and legacy of Jane Austen -- interesting and informative. Made we want to reread her six novels and to read her lesser known works (Juvenilia, Lady Susan), including the unfinished (The Watsons, Sanditon).
April 27, 2025
I’ve made a plan to finish reading everything Jane Austen ever wrote by this year. So I gotta read a few biographies to make sure there’s not a scrap of paper she breathed on out there that I dont yet have on my reading list. So far so good.
October 24, 2022
Devoney Looser is very passionate about Jane Austen and we can see it in this book and hear it from the discs. When she speaks, she is excited to share her knowledge and this book gives us an in-depth account of everything Jane. Unlike most biographies, rather than being told about Jane, we learn about her through her novels - published and unfinished manuscripts. "The Life and Works of Jane Austen" goes into depth on all the novels. We get an inside view on the heroes and heroines, on how the novels were received, the setup, about the characters, etc... . Looser does reflect on Jane's life before and after death, including her family and their involvement, as well as the social history at that time. I liked finding out how her fandom grew shortly after her death. Whether you listen to the discs or read the book, it's great. The book itself is laid out in point form, but it does not take away from the experience!
December 5, 2022
Like nearly all the Great Courses I have read/seen, this one is very informative. It may not be for you if your main interest is in a detailed analysis of each of the books but it does provide a great deal of information about the times in which the author lived, thus helping us to understand why she wrote what she wrote. Ideal for a reader who is not yet an Austen expert.
June 11, 2022
Enjoyed the heck out these lectures. Learned some new things, had some stuff I assumed confirmed. (...and holy crap, how could I have thought
The lecturer was engaging and interesting and, best yet, it felt like I was back in my favorite class in school. I'm old, so that's a positive.
Would love to see more in depth lectures on each book.
The lecturer was engaging and interesting and, best yet, it felt like I was back in my favorite class in school. I'm old, so that's a positive.
Would love to see more in depth lectures on each book.
January 16, 2023
Surprisingly entertaining and informative, even for a lifelong Austen fan like me who's read so many biographies on the author. This didn't rehash tired old tidbits about Austen's life, but in fact challenged a lot of our modern preconceptions about Austen (that she was relatively penniless and anonymous during her lifetime, that she led a boring, sheltered life holed up at her writing desk, that she was a prim spinster with a stiff collar that wouldn't have flirted a storm at balls).
The lectures didn't just concentrate on Austen and her life, but also talked about each of her six novels in detail, gave some socioeconomic contexts of that era, and also delved into her legacy and how our image of Austen has been curated and molded by her nieces and nephews, who themselves were the sources of Austen's first biographies.
Definitely recommended for anyone who is an Austen fan or at least curious about the author. Be warned though, that in discussing this lecture series will spoil just about every thing that Austen has ever written, including her lesser-known works like Sanditon and Lady Susan.
The lectures didn't just concentrate on Austen and her life, but also talked about each of her six novels in detail, gave some socioeconomic contexts of that era, and also delved into her legacy and how our image of Austen has been curated and molded by her nieces and nephews, who themselves were the sources of Austen's first biographies.
Definitely recommended for anyone who is an Austen fan or at least curious about the author. Be warned though, that in discussing this lecture series will spoil just about every thing that Austen has ever written, including her lesser-known works like Sanditon and Lady Susan.
January 20, 2022
This is a very informative series of lessons which explore not only Jane Austen's life and works, but the historical context and her enduring legacy.
September 13, 2022
I recently reread all of Austen and wrapped it up with this awesome collection of essays by an Austen professor. I loved every second. It also inspired me to start reading Austen's unfinished works and short stories which I've been enjoying.
If you're a fan of Austen, I highly recommend this installment from The Great Courses on Audible. I would definitely listen to this again.
If you're a fan of Austen, I highly recommend this installment from The Great Courses on Audible. I would definitely listen to this again.
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July 12, 2024I listened to this Great Courses series over several months. It is really well-researched, never dryly academic, and in controversial matters, balanced. Looser’s love and appreciation for Austen’s work comes through even when discussing the complexities of Regency Era finances, social classes and titles, fashion, etc. Actually, there is so much to learn about the world surrounding Austen‘s works that it is amazing (and a true testament to the author’s mastery) that they can be loved and appreciated even without knowing half of the details surrounding them! But, I do highly recommend this series for Austen fans who wish to deepen their appreciation of her works.
February 9, 2023
There is nothing so satisfying as a deep discussion about literature with someone who is equally as interested in a work as you are yourself. Unfortunately, such like-minded people are not to be discovered everywhere in one’s life, so occasionally virtual substitutes such as the professors on Audible’s Great Courses must be tried instead.
This was a great overview of Austen’s approach to novel writing, with excellent information about her home life and the literary sphere that Austen was both writing for and reacting against. Devoney Looser went into depth about the differences between Austen’s novels and the mostly male-focused stories that came before her, as well as differences between her time period and the modern popular perception of her work. If anyone is interested in understanding many of the social nuances that Austen satirizes in her work, then look no farther as Looser probes the traditional roles expected of women at this time, common jobs for the gentlemen classes, and the financial difficulties that plagued well-to-do families and the ways (including marriage) that those problems were solved. Most of that information was already familiar to me, and unfortunately Looser spent comparatively little time actually discussing the novels in detail. Perhaps that was not the design of these lectures, but I would have liked longer analyses of each book. Most of the discussion of Pride and Prejudice was devoted to the first line, and then it was onto the next novel! I appreciated learning about authors’ reactions who were contemporary with Jane Austen, however, and especially how her work grew in popularity (though she never languished in obscurity) after her death until she was widely considered one of the great British authors. It was very fun and I learned quite a bit about Austen’s life and reputation that I didn’t know before. I may have to look for other lectures that discuss the individual novels in greater detail.
This was a great overview of Austen’s approach to novel writing, with excellent information about her home life and the literary sphere that Austen was both writing for and reacting against. Devoney Looser went into depth about the differences between Austen’s novels and the mostly male-focused stories that came before her, as well as differences between her time period and the modern popular perception of her work. If anyone is interested in understanding many of the social nuances that Austen satirizes in her work, then look no farther as Looser probes the traditional roles expected of women at this time, common jobs for the gentlemen classes, and the financial difficulties that plagued well-to-do families and the ways (including marriage) that those problems were solved. Most of that information was already familiar to me, and unfortunately Looser spent comparatively little time actually discussing the novels in detail. Perhaps that was not the design of these lectures, but I would have liked longer analyses of each book. Most of the discussion of Pride and Prejudice was devoted to the first line, and then it was onto the next novel! I appreciated learning about authors’ reactions who were contemporary with Jane Austen, however, and especially how her work grew in popularity (though she never languished in obscurity) after her death until she was widely considered one of the great British authors. It was very fun and I learned quite a bit about Austen’s life and reputation that I didn’t know before. I may have to look for other lectures that discuss the individual novels in greater detail.
November 28, 2021
My first listen with the Great Courses. Very informative. And the lecturers passion for her subject shines through. I like.
July 3, 2022
Excellent series of lectures.
July 31, 2022
Looser provides contextual information and scholarly insight into Austen’s life, works, time period, and enduring reputation.
May 18, 2022
This course provides an overview of the author Jane Austen, her works, and the societal context in which she lived and wrote.
There are 24 lectures:
1. Entering Jane Austen’s World
2. Life and Letters: The Genuine Austen
3. Juvenilia: Austen’s Raucous Early Works
4. Sense and Sensibility: Sisters United
5. Pride and Prejudice: Universal Truths
6. Mansfield Park: Silence, Place, and Price
7. Emma: The Proper Use of Power
8. Northanger Abbey: Defending the Novel
9. Persuasion: A Second Bloom
10. Regency Romance and Courtship
11. Marriage and Family in Austen’s Era
12. Money, Inheritance, and All They Entail
13. Class and Courtesy in Regency Society
14. British Life in Revolutionary Times
15. Clerks, Clergy, and Other Men’s Professions
16. The Accomplished Woman
17. Luxury, Fashion, and Labor in the Regency
18. Travel and Leisure in the Georgian Era
19. Health and Wellness in Austen’s England
20. After 1817: Austen’s Growing Posthumous Fame
21. Lady Susan: Austen’s Merry Widow
22. Sanditon and Austen’s Unfinished Fiction
23. Austen’s Relations: From Family to Fandom
24. Pop and Popularity: Austen’s Enduring Fame
In my twenties, I made it a point to read all six of Jane Austen’s major novels because having done so is a mark of being well read. I enjoyed them better the second time around as a grownup. As a teenager, I didn’t have the patience for the most mundane, obsolete, social practices having extremely high stakes. Also, they went down a lot better as audiobooks.
Readers interested in Jane Austen, her works, and/or the Regency Era will enjoy this course. The professor Dr. Devoney Looser is obviously an expert and speaks with enthusiasm. Dr. Octavia Cox covers some of the same ground on her YouTube channel, so she is another lecturer worth listening to on the subject of Jane Austen’s writing. Dr. Cox’s specialty is close reading of text as related to a specific topic within or without the story while Dr. Looser’s area of interest is the broader social context in which Jane Austen lived and wrote as well as her biography, so whom one prefers will depend upon one’s literary preference.
There are 24 lectures:
1. Entering Jane Austen’s World
2. Life and Letters: The Genuine Austen
3. Juvenilia: Austen’s Raucous Early Works
4. Sense and Sensibility: Sisters United
5. Pride and Prejudice: Universal Truths
6. Mansfield Park: Silence, Place, and Price
7. Emma: The Proper Use of Power
8. Northanger Abbey: Defending the Novel
9. Persuasion: A Second Bloom
10. Regency Romance and Courtship
11. Marriage and Family in Austen’s Era
12. Money, Inheritance, and All They Entail
13. Class and Courtesy in Regency Society
14. British Life in Revolutionary Times
15. Clerks, Clergy, and Other Men’s Professions
16. The Accomplished Woman
17. Luxury, Fashion, and Labor in the Regency
18. Travel and Leisure in the Georgian Era
19. Health and Wellness in Austen’s England
20. After 1817: Austen’s Growing Posthumous Fame
21. Lady Susan: Austen’s Merry Widow
22. Sanditon and Austen’s Unfinished Fiction
23. Austen’s Relations: From Family to Fandom
24. Pop and Popularity: Austen’s Enduring Fame
In my twenties, I made it a point to read all six of Jane Austen’s major novels because having done so is a mark of being well read. I enjoyed them better the second time around as a grownup. As a teenager, I didn’t have the patience for the most mundane, obsolete, social practices having extremely high stakes. Also, they went down a lot better as audiobooks.
Readers interested in Jane Austen, her works, and/or the Regency Era will enjoy this course. The professor Dr. Devoney Looser is obviously an expert and speaks with enthusiasm. Dr. Octavia Cox covers some of the same ground on her YouTube channel, so she is another lecturer worth listening to on the subject of Jane Austen’s writing. Dr. Cox’s specialty is close reading of text as related to a specific topic within or without the story while Dr. Looser’s area of interest is the broader social context in which Jane Austen lived and wrote as well as her biography, so whom one prefers will depend upon one’s literary preference.
March 7, 2021
Fantastic information on all things Jane Austen and her books, juvenelia, short stories, and unfinished works. Loved the whole series.
January 22, 2024
This was educational and entertaining. It is accompanied by 190 pages of lecture notes and a lengthy bibliography – there seems to be a book whose title begins with Jane Austen and… for any subject you can imagine!
There are twenty-four lectures covering Austen’s life and family, and discussions of her six main works and the works that were unfinished or unpublished in her lifetime. There is a long section of talks giving the listener background on life in the early nineteenth century, e.g., “Regency Romance and Courtship,” “Luxury, Fashion, and Labor in the Regency,” and “Health and Wellness in Austen’s England.” The course ends with material on her literary legacy as well as her recent popularity and fandom.
I already knew a fair bit of her life story, so I didn’t learn much here, though the parts that discuss the line of writers and artists in her extended family were news to me.
This course didn’t change my mind about her books. My favorite is still Emma, with Pride and Prejudice in close second place. I still have no interest in reading her juvenilia or her unpublished/unfinished works such as Lady Susan and Sanditon. I may yet give Mansfield Park a try, but the prospect does not overly enthuse me.
I liked the sections on daily life in the Regency and learned a lot from them. Quite a lot is conveyed about her characters by knowing more about how they dress, dance, and what sort of carriage they own, if any. As usual I wound up buying two more books as a result: Daniel Pool (1994) What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist – the Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth Century England, and Jane Robinson (2009) Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education.
There are twenty-four lectures covering Austen’s life and family, and discussions of her six main works and the works that were unfinished or unpublished in her lifetime. There is a long section of talks giving the listener background on life in the early nineteenth century, e.g., “Regency Romance and Courtship,” “Luxury, Fashion, and Labor in the Regency,” and “Health and Wellness in Austen’s England.” The course ends with material on her literary legacy as well as her recent popularity and fandom.
I already knew a fair bit of her life story, so I didn’t learn much here, though the parts that discuss the line of writers and artists in her extended family were news to me.
This course didn’t change my mind about her books. My favorite is still Emma, with Pride and Prejudice in close second place. I still have no interest in reading her juvenilia or her unpublished/unfinished works such as Lady Susan and Sanditon. I may yet give Mansfield Park a try, but the prospect does not overly enthuse me.
I liked the sections on daily life in the Regency and learned a lot from them. Quite a lot is conveyed about her characters by knowing more about how they dress, dance, and what sort of carriage they own, if any. As usual I wound up buying two more books as a result: Daniel Pool (1994) What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist – the Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth Century England, and Jane Robinson (2009) Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education.
February 12, 2021
Well done. I enjoy reading good and great books. Each time I read, I find something new because my perspective has changed a little but I don’t feel the need to heatedly debate what an author meant or how clever they were. So, it’s funny to me to hear how people create fan clubs over Austen’s works. This overview of Austen’s life and how much more intentional she was with her words was very informative to me. I knew the author was clever already and I love Mansfield Park & Pride and Prejudice. But now I’m once again listening to Austen’s other works with a little more appreciation than before thanks to Professor Devoney. I may still end up not liking the characters of Sense & Sensibility, but I will at least better understand the context of the novel. I hope the same with her other works as well.
December 12, 2025
"...the questions Austen's novels have long asked: how to build a meaningful life in a world that is often deeply unfair." This is how an eleven-and-a-half-hour course on the life and works of Jane Austen wraps up. It really was excellent, and if Audible hadn't screwed me out of all my audiobooks and forced me to close my account I would have loved to go back and revisit each of the twenty-four lessons at a slower pace in more depth. Unfortunately it was about to be deleted and I wanted to make sure I finished it while it was still available to me. The professor who created the course has written a few books on Austen, one of which I'm currently reading. Highly recommended and I will try to find this course elsewhere online to access it again (though all the notes I made will of course be lost as well--curse you Audible).
April 11, 2022
A wonderful series of lectures about Jane Austen's life, the issues and priorities of the period she lived in, and her writing which includes the 6 published novels along with her juvenilia, the unfinished Sanditon and Lady Susan which was completed but not published by Jane.
If you're a fan of Austen, or even if you know very little about her other than having seen the odd tv or film adaption of one of her books, this is a fascinating series, exploring her influences, and the societal concerns which are reflected in her books. Warning though, it'll make you want to read all her work (in my case for the umpteenth time and with slightly fresh eyes as I now had more background). I can't recommend this enough.
If you're a fan of Austen, or even if you know very little about her other than having seen the odd tv or film adaption of one of her books, this is a fascinating series, exploring her influences, and the societal concerns which are reflected in her books. Warning though, it'll make you want to read all her work (in my case for the umpteenth time and with slightly fresh eyes as I now had more background). I can't recommend this enough.
April 13, 2022
The Life and Works of Jane Austen is my first Great Courses read and I loved it. The layout was great. I learned a lot. There was also some things I knew but this made me think about them in a different way. Not only did it talk about Jane Austen works and facts about her life but also the era she lived in and how it came out in her novels.
Before reading this I would say that I hated Sense and Sensibility. I really just thought the characters were awful but this pointed out where those flaws had to to with laws or social norms of the time. I now want to reread it with my new point of view.
I love the rest of her novels but looking forward to my next reread with my new point of view also.
Before reading this I would say that I hated Sense and Sensibility. I really just thought the characters were awful but this pointed out where those flaws had to to with laws or social norms of the time. I now want to reread it with my new point of view.
I love the rest of her novels but looking forward to my next reread with my new point of view also.
January 2, 2023
This is a college course lecture series, which I really enjoyed. It’s so nice to learn from experts, in this case it’s a Jane Austen expert. I love learning more about Austen’s life, experiences, political and cultural perspectives, her subtle wit, and her remarkable contribution to the literary world.
For reader’s who have read any of Austen’s works, this listening experience will enhance your future reading. Jane was a really brilliant writer whose stories are much more than just romantic stories that end with at least one wedding. Austen’s characters are timeless, as are their plights and complicated lives. Jane Austen was a keen observer of life all around her and she penned classics that will forever hold true.
For reader’s who have read any of Austen’s works, this listening experience will enhance your future reading. Jane was a really brilliant writer whose stories are much more than just romantic stories that end with at least one wedding. Austen’s characters are timeless, as are their plights and complicated lives. Jane Austen was a keen observer of life all around her and she penned classics that will forever hold true.
May 1, 2022
5/5
Really excellent course! Worth an audible credit, although I was able to listen to this through the plus library. I learned a ton of the context that Austen was writing in, as much as we know about her life, and there were lectures about each of her writings. The major novels, the juvenalia, and the unfinished works. Each episode just made her excellence more evident, all of her social commentary, her absolute deft way with words, her genius essentially. It’s amazing that her work has never fallen out of popularity in over 200 years now, but if you listen to this course, you will 100% understand why!
Really excellent course! Worth an audible credit, although I was able to listen to this through the plus library. I learned a ton of the context that Austen was writing in, as much as we know about her life, and there were lectures about each of her writings. The major novels, the juvenalia, and the unfinished works. Each episode just made her excellence more evident, all of her social commentary, her absolute deft way with words, her genius essentially. It’s amazing that her work has never fallen out of popularity in over 200 years now, but if you listen to this course, you will 100% understand why!
December 15, 2021
As a Janeite, I loved and learned so much in this course. The author is extremely knowledgeable about everything Jane Austen, and I appreciated the chapters on each novel, the culture of dress, classes, money, transportation, and her little known works. The only thing I didn't love was the feeling that the author was reading her lectures and the way she seemed to laugh at things she said that were not that funny. Having said that, I would recommend this course to anyone preparing to read Austen--you will learn so much.
September 26, 2023
5-stars from Lecture 10 onwards, covering everything from class in Regency Society, fashion & how the clergy makes their ends meet.
3-stars for the earlier lectures as they were nothing more than plot summaries. If you've read the novels, it's not particularly interesting. Some attempts to summarise the plots was rather confusing too - imagine a bunch of names being thrown at you in rapid succession. In a book, you have time to digest who's who but in a plot summary being read out to you, you better be paying attention!
3-stars for the earlier lectures as they were nothing more than plot summaries. If you've read the novels, it's not particularly interesting. Some attempts to summarise the plots was rather confusing too - imagine a bunch of names being thrown at you in rapid succession. In a book, you have time to digest who's who but in a plot summary being read out to you, you better be paying attention!
March 13, 2024
This has to be one of the most engaging and informative books on Jane Austen I have ever read. Not only does it give great insight into the books and chatacters but the author also gives detail about dress, customs, clothing, the history of the Janeites and more. I finished the book and wanted to go right back to the start and read it all over again.
Absolutely essential for anyone who loves Jane Austen, as well as anyone who wants to understand what all the fuss is about.
Thank you Devoney Looser for writing this book!
Absolutely essential for anyone who loves Jane Austen, as well as anyone who wants to understand what all the fuss is about.
Thank you Devoney Looser for writing this book!
January 6, 2026
I loved this. it had so much information about Austen that I had been unfamiliar with and explained a lot of the historical significance that had impacted Austen's works.
Looser is obviously very enthusiastic about the topic and gives their own opinion on multiple matters whilst still presenting the reader with the alternative perspectives.
This also mentioned that Mark Twain joked about wanting to hit Austen over the head with her own calf bone. This had obviously lowered my already poor impression of Twain.
Looser is obviously very enthusiastic about the topic and gives their own opinion on multiple matters whilst still presenting the reader with the alternative perspectives.
This also mentioned that Mark Twain joked about wanting to hit Austen over the head with her own calf bone. This had obviously lowered my already poor impression of Twain.
July 19, 2023
Как обычно в Great Courses, no great revelations, но очень приятно послушать. Есть всего понемногу: биография, анализ романов, ювеналий и незаконченного, вторая половина лекций - контекст романов: финансы, мода, армия, политика, положение женщин и так далее. Я бы очень хотела послушать или почитать что-то подобное о Голсуорси. Если вдруг кто знает подходящую книгу или лекции, пожалуйста, порекомендуйте!
February 23, 2024
This is an excellent course for understanding Jane Austen. Her life, her written works, her influence, and the culture of her times. It has spurred me to want to read her books. Devoney Looser, the professor, is very knowledgeable, enthusiastic about Austen, and has written books on her and other female authors.
May 14, 2024
Fantastic analysis of not only Austen’s works, but also the world in which she lived. The researcher covers Jane’s novels and letters as well as the social structure Austen wrote about and often critically questioned. I’ve always enjoyed Jane Austen, but I now have the upmost respect for her wit and cultural understanding and importance.
October 14, 2024
As an organized lesson plan through Austen’s works and a general overview of her life, cultural contexts during her time of writing and the following adaptations and legacy, it accomplishes its goal. I used this as research for a project and gained a great overview. It’s modeled to be a large lecture, so not as compelling as some biographies can be.
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