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Fun to read
Aug. 4th, 2013 11:41 pmComicCon for Jane Austen fans! (And my E. Gaskell icon is not entirely out of line, either!)
My favorite bit: “Jane Austen, with dance, is becoming code for something that you might vaguely think of based on the movies, which are historically inaccurate,” says Allison Thompson, a Pittsburgh Janeite who is also a dance scholar. “But you have this image, and it’s a pretty image, and so I think it’s — I don’t know if ‘gateway drug’ is too strong a word.”
Also, I appreciated Andrew Davies’ thoughts on George Knightley’s feelings for Emma, as I’ve thought the same thing myself.
My favorite bit: “Jane Austen, with dance, is becoming code for something that you might vaguely think of based on the movies, which are historically inaccurate,” says Allison Thompson, a Pittsburgh Janeite who is also a dance scholar. “But you have this image, and it’s a pretty image, and so I think it’s — I don’t know if ‘gateway drug’ is too strong a word.”
Also, I appreciated Andrew Davies’ thoughts on George Knightley’s feelings for Emma, as I’ve thought the same thing myself.