From the archives…

EMMA (Lantern): Philly falls for Austenmania

Over the past few years, there’s been a surprising and unlikely spark of interest in Jane Austen. Austen’s novels—Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, et al—have been required reading for over a century, but of late she’s become a bona fide pop culture icon, inspiring a slew of feature-length fan fiction and weird cross-genre interpretations (let’s not forget that Pride & Prejudice & Zombies was totally a thing). Once our most prized pre-Victorian wordsmith, Austen has become a canvas onto which we project our nostalgia for times and places we’ve never actually known. more…