Discussion of Pride and Prejudice, March 28
Marcia Folsom
JASNA member Marcia McClintock Folsom and Austen scholars Rachel Brownstein and Susan Staves are part of a discussion of Pride and Prejudice to be broadcast March 28 at 7:30 PM Eastern Time on Newark radio WBGO. For those not in the New York area, the discussion will be simulcast on WBGO's web site. Click here for instructions on how to listen in. The program will then be aired on various public radio stations after this first broadcast. The discussion includes commentary on the place of Pride and Prejudice in Austen's canon, its reception history, its exploration of property and marriage, and the film versions of the novel.
This half-hour radio program is one in the Modern Language Association's series, "What's the Word?" The series features informal and informed discussions by scholars about language and literature. The participants on each program are chosen by the MLA, interviewed separately, and the program weaves together their voices and insights. To get an idea of what the programs are like, you can listen to shows archived on the MLA web site (http://www.mla.org/). "What's the Word?" strives for a lively format involving multiple voices and perspectives in each program. It has attracted a wide audience of people who are interested in discussions of language and literature.
Marcia Folsom is Professor of English at Wheelock College and Chair of the Humanities and Writing Department. She is the editor of Approaches to Teaching Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1993) and Approaches to Teaching Austen's Emma (2004) published by the Modern Language Association. Marcia was Conference Coordinator of the Boston Annual General Meeting (AGM) in 2000. She was a speaker at the Colorado Springs AGM in 1999 ("Teaching Emma" with John Wiltshire) and the Tucson AGM in 2006 ("'Part of an Englishwoman's constitution': The Presence of Shakespeare in Mansfield Park.")
Rachel Brownstein, Professor of English at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York, is well-known to JASNA audiences. She is the author of Becoming a Heroine (1994) and numerous scholarly articles on Jane Austen, including essays in The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen (1997) and in JASNA's journal Persuasions. Professor Brownstein was the keynote speaker at the Colorado AGM in 1999.
Susan Staves is Professor Emeritus of English at Brandeis University. She is the author of Married Woman's Separate Property in England, 1660-1833 (1990).