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Poetry for Wednesday: two sonnets by James Austen

Ellen Moody — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:45:38 GMT

Dear all, Still reading JEAL's memoir of his aunt (on WWTTA and Austen-l), I've more poetry by JEAL's father to share. We have James Austen's "The Autumn Walk"

Nokes's life of Samuel Johnson, Chapter 14: travelling about

Ellen Moody — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:06:08 GMT

John's posting is so rich and detailed I see I'm going to have to read it with great care. My reading of Nokes is contextualized simply by my memories of

A year in reading: year's favorites anyone?

Ellen Moody — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:01:39 GMT

I am wondering if anyone on the list would like to tell the others what you read here or read about or posted in that meant something to you? your favorite

Re: Nokes's life of Samuel Johnson, Chapter 14: travelling about

john radner — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:39:57 GMT

For me at least the first link I sent didn't work, so here are the paragraphs I had in mind, which are followed by Johnson's rejection of his earlier,

Mary Hamilton - another brilliant Austen classic

Ellen Moody — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:25:34 GMT

From: Anielka Date: Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:36 PM Subject: [Womenwriters] Mary Hamilton - another brilliant Austen classic To Janeites,

Re: Nokes's life of Samuel Johnson, Chapter 14: travelling about

john radner — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:24:35 GMT

I agree with Ellen that there are fine moments in this chapter, including the emphasis on the trips with the Thrales, on Johnson's sustaining intimacy with

17th century Spanish art

Ellen Moody — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:09:44 GMT

Catherine, one of our members, has written a fine blog on a show of 17th century Spanish art. As she says, these are religious images not for the

Alternative to Les Liaisons Dangereuses? Goldsmith

Ellen Moody — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:47:49 GMT

If anyone wants to propose an alternative to Les Liaisons Dangereuses for the spring coming ahead, please feel free. I know we did have some interest in

La Clos's Les Liaisons Dangereuses: a satire on cruelty

Ellen Moody — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:42:40 GMT

Dear all, I'm persuaded that this book is partly a satire on cruelty. Yesterday I read the famous letter by Madame de Merteuil, often cited as an early

Groupsite Picture: Clarissa greeting Hickman at the Smith's

Ellen Moody — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:32:08 GMT

Dear all, On our groupsite page, the modern Folio Society illustration of Clarissa greeting Hickman when he comes to visit her at the Smith's:

New file uploaded to EighteenthCenturyWorlds

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:26:48 GMT

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the EighteenthCenturyWorlds group. File :

Lever/M-A (from Penny)

Ellen Moody — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:13:36 GMT

... From: Penny klein Date: Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:51 PM Subject: Lever/M-Aeighteenthcenturywolds@yahoogroups.com Count Mercy(The

FWD: CFP: Burney and the Gothic

Ellen Moody — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:36:38 GMT

From: Adam Komisaruk Date: Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:26 PM Subject: CFP: Burney and the Gothic Call for Papers The Burney Society of North

Mary Hamilton?

Ellen Moody — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:30:11 GMT

Just to thank Aneilka for this interesting posting. Austen had many family members with literary talent. It seems only the one (Jane) had really significant

Mary Hamilton

Ellen Moody — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:25:28 GMT

From: Anielka Date: Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:43 PM Subject: Mary Hamilton To: WomenwritersThroughTheAges@yahoogroups.com Next to the