As steepholm is currently running around the British Museum (or about to be running around), I'll hop in on the reply to him.
Do you buy the Northanger Abbey argument? I'm not entirely convinced (though I'd love to see the MSes!). Did he say why she would have rewritten the parts differently? Maybe it's too obvious a line but it seems to me that a lot of the difference is due to the fact that she's parodying the sentimental novel in the first half, and the Gothic in the second, and the Gothic is so much OTTer to start with.
I must try to reread the article we had for the 19th Century Novel course which argued that the political commentary in NA was quite radical really. (By Isobel Armstrong - aka DWJ's sister. As I learned later from Charlie.) Wittering now, so definitely time for bed...
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Date: 2007-06-24 11:02 pm (UTC)Do you buy the Northanger Abbey argument? I'm not entirely convinced (though I'd love to see the MSes!). Did he say why she would have rewritten the parts differently? Maybe it's too obvious a line but it seems to me that a lot of the difference is due to the fact that she's parodying the sentimental novel in the first half, and the Gothic in the second, and the Gothic is so much OTTer to start with.
I must try to reread the article we had for the 19th Century Novel course which argued that the political commentary in NA was quite radical really. (By Isobel Armstrong - aka DWJ's sister. As I learned later from Charlie.) Wittering now, so definitely time for bed...