TTC/TGC - Reading Pride and Prejudice in the 21st Century

Category: Art, Literature
Keywords: Jane Austen

Written by TTC/TGC
Read by Patricia A. Matthew
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 96 Kbps


Reading Pride and Prejudice in the 21st Century
By: Patricia A. Matthew, The Great Courses
Narrated by: Patricia A. Matthew
Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
Lecture
Release date: 07-27-23
Language: English
Publisher: Audible Originals
Categories: Literature & Fiction, Literary History & Criticism

About This Audible Original

After Romeo and Juliet, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy might just be the world’s most famous fictional couple.
The story of how they fall in love—Pride and Prejudice—has left an indelible imprint on popular culture. Readers, novelists, playwrights, filmmakers, and even zombies can’t leave Pride and Prejudice alone. Which raises the question: Why has this novel, of all Jane Austen’s works, remained the general favorite?

In Reading Pride and Prejudice in the 21st Century, Professor Patricia A. Matthew, a specialist in British Romanticism and the history of the novel, examines how fans and scholars engage with the novel today—and how contemporary storytellers continually surprise us with new retellings. Through this Audible Original, you’ll explore fresh perspectives on the heroic ideals of Elizabeth Bennet and the values of the women around her, the enduring sex appeal of Mr. Darcy and his various cinematic interpretations, how today’s readers grapple with the novel’s depictions of gender and class in the 1800s, the timeless power of Austen’s satire, and even the promises of a Pride and Prejudice multiverse of parodies, murder mysteries, and more.

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About the Creator and Performer

Patricia A. Matthew, associate professor of English at Montclair State University, specializes in British Romanticism, the history of the novel, and British abolitionist literature. A National Humanities Center Fellow, she writes about the Regency era and popular culture for The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Times Literary Supplement. She is the editor of Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truth of Tenure (University of North Carolina Press). Visit her website, http://www.patriciamatthew.com, for more resources and reading recommendations.