Fanny Price as a Student of Shakespeare
Twenty-eighth in a series of posts celebrating 200 years of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. For more details, open Your Invitation to Mansfield …
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Planning the Mansfield Park Party
Friday, May 9th is the big day for the launch of my series of guest posts celebrating 200 years of Mansfield …
Mansfield Park is a Tragedy, Not a Comedy
I’m really excited about discussing Mansfield Park with all of you this year – so excited that I can’t wait …
Elaine Bander in Halifax; Mansfield Park in Montréal
Well, what a great weekend we’ve just had here in Halifax, with Elaine Bander, President of JASNA Canada, in town. …
“He made the intellectual life fun”: Honouring C.Q. Drummond
By lamp or morning light, Bent close over the page, You heard the language right, No matter from what age. …
Happy 10th Anniversary to The New Compass!
Ten years ago today, the first issue of the online literary journal I co-founded and co-edited with my friend and …
First Impressions and Second Perusals
Seventh in a series on rereading Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Here are Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six. Elizabeth Bennet doesn’t take Lady Catherine’s …
“Coronach for Christopher Drummond”
Helen Pinkerton’s poem “Coronach for Christopher Drummond,” published in The New Compass 1 (2003), is featured today in Patrick Kurp’s …
Sarah Emsley 