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2004 Annual General Meeting
Jane Austen Society of North America October
7-10, 2004 Anne Elliot in the City: Interior and Exterior Worlds |
THEME
 The Crystal Ballroom, site of the gala banquet |
Following three years of alternative
themes, we will be returning to the canon in 2004 with the selection of
Persuasion, which was last discussed in 1993 at Lake
Louise. Just as Bath was an integral part of this novel, we will be
highlighting the city in Jane Austen's day--as well as our own exciting
city of Los Angeles. Our title will be: "Anne Elliot in the City:
Interior and Exterior Worlds."
As the city played an important role in five of
the
Austen novels, we will examine the experiences of much-beloved Anne
Elliot and other characters--as well as Jane herself--in the urban
milieu. "Interior Worlds" offers speakers the opportunity to discuss
the emotional, mental, psychological, social, metaphysical and physical
settings of the private sphere. "Exterior Worlds" allows for papers
focused on the many environments around us: social, physical,
political, historical, commercial, educational, artistic, religious,
economic, and more. We believe that this theme will offer a new way to
look at the work of our favorite author, and it will provide numerous
fresh opportunities for discussion.
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