Publications

JASNA publications offer essays, entertainment, and news of interest to Austen fans.

JASNA’s peer-reviewed journals, Persuasions and Persuasions On-Line, are leading sources for Austen studies.
JASNA News reports on Austen-related events, programs, and books.
Book reviews from the newsletter are collected on this site and available to all.
Our Jane Austen Bibliography is published annually as a freely accessible resource for the Austen community.
Publications created for Annual General Meetings provide entertaining perspectives and are shared here.
Winning essays from JASNA’s student essay contest are published on this site in recognition of their high caliber.

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Emma's Education: Challenging the Standard of Female Education

“Everything They Ought to Be”: Conduct Literature in Northanger Abbey

Education in Emma: The Development and Dethroning of the Highbury Queen

Prescriptive or Descriptive?: Redeeming the Novel in Northanger Abbey

Education as Social Currency in Jane Austen’s Emma

“There Is No Enjoyment Like Reading”: Examining Jane Austen’s Relevance Through Her Depictions of Reading

A Hierarchy of Feminine Readers: Educating the Quixote and “Writing” the Authentic Woman

Reading the World: Beneath the Surface of Books and People in Northanger Abbey

Emma and Emile: Austen’s Critique of the Rousseauist Model of Education

More than Just a “Good Read”: Literature and Character in Austen’s Novels

No Teacher But Herself: Education, Feminism, and Romance in Emma

Her Dark Materials: The Gothic Novel as Socio-Political Critique in Northanger Abbey

Publications

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