COURSE DESCRIPTION

Read (or reread) Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," "Persuasion," and "Emma." Trace Austen's take on "the disinherited daughter," a story she inherited from eighteenth century predecessors and updated. Discover how the late novels, Persuasion and Emma, critique and revise early anxieties about the entailed paternal estate, the financial precarity of daughters, and the necessity of marriage.

One-Pager
For more details on this course, please review the one-pager syllabus linked here: https://cmaprinceton.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/F25-JANE-AUSTEN.pdf

COURSE LEADER

Dianne Sadoff is professor emerita of English and former Director of the Program in Cinema Studies at Rutgers University. She has published three books on nineteenth century literature, on science and culture, and on literature and film, and has co-edited two books, on literature and on teaching. She has also published essays in journals and anthologies. In addition to Rutgers, she taught at Antioch College, Colby College, the University of Southern Maine, Miami University of Ohio, and Middlebury’s Bread Loaf School of English.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Please note: This Evergreen Forum course offers a in-person experience only which means it will not be recorded. Any general questions or concerns about this event should be directed to CMAP at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by calling 609-751-9699.

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