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The (Almost) Wildness of Elizabeth Bennet

The (Almost) Wildness of Elizabeth Bennet

Devoney Looser on the Perennial Appeal of Jane Austen’s Remarkable Heroine

By Devoney Looser | September 4, 2025

The Pains and Pleasures of Taking Decades to Write a Book

The Pains and Pleasures of Taking Decades to Write a Book

Devoney Looser on Researching Early Historical Novelists Jane and Anna Maria Porter

By Devoney Looser | October 25, 2022

Sense <em>or</em> Sensibility... What if Jane Austen Had to Choose?

Sense or Sensibility... What if Jane Austen Had to Choose?

Devoney Looser Considers the Mind vs. the Heart

By Devoney Looser | February 11, 2019

Stop Trying to Make <i>Pride and Prejudice</i> a Christmas Story

Stop Trying to Make Pride and Prejudice a Christmas Story

It's Not, No Matter What Hallmark Does

By Devoney Looser | December 17, 2018

Jane Austen, Political Symbol of Early Feminism

Jane Austen, Political Symbol of Early Feminism

On the Appearance of a Literary Icon at the First Women's Marches

By Devoney Looser | July 18, 2017

The Beautiful, Proto-Feminist Snark of Jane Austen’s Juvenilia

The Beautiful, Proto-Feminist Snark of Jane Austen’s Juvenilia

74,000 words of raucous, handwritten amorality

By Devoney Looser | March 4, 2016

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By Devoney Looser | December 23, 2015