Join JASNA-NJ LIVE at the Morven Museum at 2pm on August 17th for Juliette Wells’ lecture on her latest book A New Jane Austen. In addition to her illustrated lecture, Dr. Wells will be available to sign copies of her book. (They will be available for purchase at the event through Labyrinth Books.) This event is presented in partnership with the Morven Museum and the Princeton Public Library. Register here.
About A New Jane Austen (from Amazon)
Completing Juliette Wells’ groundbreaking trio of books on Austen’s readers, this latest volume revolutionizes our understanding of how Austen came to be viewed as the world’s greatest novelist. Wells shows that Austen’s global reputation was established not by British scholars, as is commonly believed, but by visionary American writers and collectors, working largely outside academia.
Drawing on extensive research, Wells weaves together colorful, compelling case studies of men and women who, from the 1880s to the 1980s, helped readers appreciate Austen’s novels, persuasively advocated for her place in the literary canon, and preserved artifacts vital to her legacy.
Engagingly written and abundantly illustrated, A New Jane Austen will inform and delight scholars and Austen fans alike.
This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to meet one of the leading scholars of Jane Austen in person, as well as to learn more about American readers and their relationship with Jane Austen’s texts and her legacy
About Juliette Wells
Juliette Wells, professor of literary studies at Goucher College, is the author of three histories of Austen’s readers and fans, most recently A New Jane Austen: How Americans Brought Us the World’s Greatest Novelist (2023), which centers on visionary writers and collectors who, from the 1880s to the 1980s, advocated for Austen’s literary significance, broadened her readership, and preserved artifacts vital to her legacy. For Penguin Classics, she created reader-friendly editions of Emma (2015) and Persuasion (2017); Mansfield Park is forthcoming in 2025 to commemorate Austen’s 250th birthday. Juliette is guest co-curator for the Morgan Library & Museum’s 2025 Austen exhibition, which will run from June 7th to September 14th.
About the Morven Museum & Garden
A National Historic Landmark, Morven is situated on five pristine acres in the heart of Princeton, New Jersey. The home of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and former New Jersey Governor’s Mansion, Morven showcases the rich cultural heritage of the Garden State through regular exhibitions, educational programs, and special events.
Address: 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ
Phone Number: 609-924-8144
Parking is located on-site.
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