Celebrate Jane Austen’s semiquincentennial (250th birthday) by examining her life, her times, and her legacy. We’ll explore her connection to the War of 1812, the abolition of the slave trade, the Mediterranean and the Far East, the French Revolution, Trafalgar, Byron, the Prince Regent, and other events and people of her time. We’ll also look at her legacy—the fanfiction, the merch (including wallpaper and thong underwear), the movies, and the sometimes hysterical worship of her (no, she did not exactly live with a vampire, but she definitely was not a senior officer in the 4th Women’s Battalion, King’s Royal Hussars, seeing service at Ulm in 1805, as AI claims).
((Allison Thompson - Tuesday - In Person))
