12/2: Sir Eustace Grey & The Library

Thanks to everyone who came out to Emma on Friday! We had a really good time. Sadly, we'll be deferring our regularly scheduled meetings one week as well in light of our delayed Emma discussion. So instead of meeting this week, we'll meet the week after Thanksgiving break to talk about George Crabbe's Sir Eustace Grey and The Library. Hope to see you all there!

Dinner with Austen Delayed; or , a Party of Pleasure Deferred

Those interested in dinner and Drinks with Austen night tomorrow might be sorely displeased upon learning that we have failed in our earnest endeavours to procure a table for the event. Apparently some tomfoolery is happening in our humble town tomorrow eve that prevents our convening--every restaurant and eatery of note is simply booked up.

As such, we will have to change course as it were from what we've traditionally done with these dinner series. We are moving the meeting to next Friday. Please let us know if you still intend to attend for Nov 13th at 7pm, by tomorrow at 5 pm so we can make reservations a week in advance to avoid a similar problem. 

You can contact raseiler@indiana.edu or our Facebook page to update and confirm your RSVP.

Our apologies for this annoying inconvenience.

Yours etc.,

Rachel, Tracey, and Kate

Emma @ Uptown this Friday, Nov 6, 7pm

Just a quick reminder for anyone interested in Jane Austen to join us for our annual drinks and discussion evening. On Friday, November 6th, we will meet at Uptown Cafe at 7 p.m. to discuss Austen’s Emma and relevant criticism. Official discussion starts at 7:30. Discussion will run one hour long, but Drinks with Austen may well continue into the weekend!

If you’re interested in joining us, please RSVP to raseiler@indiana.edu OR on our Facebook page (operated by Tracey Hutchings-Goetz) by Wednesday, November 4th so that we can report a proper number to the restaurant. Faculty are also welcome and encouraged to attend the event, so feel free to pass the news along.

Next week: Ann Radcliffe's Romance of the Forest

Hi everyone!

Thanks for coming last week for our great discussion of David Simple. Personally, I had a really good time! Next up is Ann Radcliffe's The Romance of the Forest. We'll be meeting once again in the Parker from 2:15-3:30. Hope to see you there!

Next week: Sarah Fielding's The Adventures of David Simple

Hi everyone!

First, thanks to all who came last week for The Man of Feeling. Up next is Sarah Fielding's The Adventures of David Simple. We'll be meeting once again in the Parker library at 2:15 (Wed, Sep 30). The poll is complete, so we will look at the reading list for this semester as well. We look forward to seeing you!

Greetings!

First, a reminder about our meeting this week, Wed Sep 9 at 2:15 to discuss Helen Thompson's article "'It was impossible to know these people': Secondary Qualities and the Form of Character in A Journal of the Plague Year." We will be in the Parker library once again. The week after this we'll be reading Henry Mackenzie's The Man of Feeling, so keep an eye out for that. 

Also, here is our poll, as promised. There is no limit, but if you vote for all of them we can't tell which are the most popular. Please email katblake@indiana.edu or  thutchgoetz@gmail.com if you have questions!

What would you like to read this semester?

She Stoops to Conquer (Oliver Goldsmith)

Orra (Joanna Baillie)

Count Basil (Joanna Baillie)

Sir Eustace Gray (George Crabbe)

The Library (George Crabbe)

The Mourning Bride (William Congreve)

The Way of the World (William Congreve)

Desmond (Charlotte Smith)

The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne (Ann Radcliffe)

The Romance of the Forest (Ann Radcliffe)

Other

Please Specify:

Quiz Maker

First meeting tomorrow; Helen Thompson next week

Greetings! We will hold our first meeting tomorrow (Sep 2) in the Parker library at 2:15 pm. Please come with recommendations for reading.

We will also have a special meeting next Wednesday (Sep 9) in advance of Helen Thompson's visit. We'll be meeting at the same time & place to discuss Dr. Thompson's current project. Please read ""It was impossible to know these people': Secondary Qualities and the Form of Character in A Journal of the Plague Year" (available through Project MUSE).

You might also consider taking a look at "Secondary Qualities and Masculine Form in Clarissa and Sir Charles Grandison" (also on Project MUSE), another article on the same project. Finally, her 2005 book, Ingenuous subjection : compliance and power in the eighteenth-century domestic novel, is available through the library website.