Kingston University London

The Rise and Rise of Brand Austen

Last autumn, ITV’s Lost in Austen series wittily took the Austenadaptation craze to new lengths by depicting a 21st-century reader who really did get ‘lost in Austen’. In this talk, Professor Norma Clarke of Kingston University, will discuss Jane Austen’s life and writings and reflect on the qualities that make her so appealing and adaptable – or not.

Norma Clarke

Norma Clarke is Professor of English Literature at Kingston University. Her biography of the Irish memoirist, Laetitia Pilkington, Punk, the Story of the Last Female Wit, will be published by Faber and Faber later this year. Dr Johnson’s Women and The Rise and Fall of the Woman of Letters are available at all good bookshops.

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