The Enduring Appeal of Jane Austen
Alison O’Byrne, Emma Major, Bharat Tandon, and Deborah Yaffe

• Thursday 8 June 2017, 7.15PM to 8.45pm
• Free admission
  Booking required
• Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building, University of York (map|getting to campus)
• Wheelchair accessible

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What is Jane Austen’s legacy and why does her work continue to enjoy such popularity? Join our panel of experts and enthusiasts as they explore all things Austen: the enduring appeal of her novels, the fascination with the life of the author, the ways in which her novels have been adapted and reworked, and the many aspects of Austen fandom.

Our panel members are Alison O’Byrne (chair) and Emma Major of the University of York, Bharat Tandon of the University of East Anglia, and journalist and author Deborah Yaffe.

Come along and take part in the discussion.

About the speakers

Dr Alison O’Byrne is Lecturer the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York and has wide-ranging interests in 18th- and 19th-century literature.

Dr Emma Major is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York and an expert on women and religion in the 18th century and Romantic periods.  She is the author of Madame Britannia: Women, Church, and Nation, 1712-1812 and has published widely on women’s writing in the period.

Dr Bharat Tandon is a Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of East Anglia.  He has wide-ranging interests in the 19th-century novel.  He is the author of Jane Austen and the Morality of Conversation and has produced a critical edition of Austen’s Emma.

Deborah Yaffe, an award-winning newspaper journalist and author, has been a passionate Jane Austen fan since first reading Pride and Prejudice at age ten.  She is the author of Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom described by reviewers as ‘compulsively readable’ and a book that ‘informs, intrigues - and makes you laugh out loud, quite a lot’.  Unfortunately due to personal circumstances Deborah is no longer able to speak at this event.  Our apologies for any disappointment. 

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