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The curators take T&C behind the new “A Lively Mind” exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum—and why the public remains so ...
Promotion is a crucial component of publishing a scholarly book — and academics are invaluable partners in the process, ...
The perils of romance, embarrassing families, self-knowledge and love – all wrapped up in a good dose of social satire – are ...
Filmmaker and writer Laura Piani opens up about her creative process and shares how Jane Austen's timeless wit really helps ...
Laura Piani's amiable new romance is weighed down by all its allusions and borrowings — and ultimately fails to deliver on ...
NPR's Scott Simon talks to French writer-director Laura Piani about her new movie, a romantic comedy titled "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life." ...
In Laura Piani's knowing comedy, a headbound bookshop clerk finds herself not ruined by the author but charmed by the ...
From bonnets to ballgowns to Beverly Hills, Jane Austen's formidable heroines remain as sharp, stubborn, and unforgettable as ever — especially in film Jane Austen might have written her novels ...
Jane Austen is one of the English language’s most beloved writers, and yet the details of her own life remain relatively unknown. As the story goes, and as the new PBS “Masterpiece” series ...
Decades after Jane Austen’s death in 1817, her older sister Cassandra burned nearly all of the author’s correspondence, much to the consternation of future fans and historians. Why were ...
Yet for Janine Barchas, internationally admired Jane Austen scholar and UT English professor, such a task was irresistible. Her lack of familiarity with the current state of the graphic genre ...
A show featuring never-before-seen family portraits is part of a year-long program celebrating 250 years since Jane Austen's birth. Cassandra's hand drawn copy from of a plate from an instruction ...