Description:
Offers pedagogical techniques for teaching Jane Austen's Persuasion, including considerations of social class, gender, philosophy, disability studies, the author's life, and the history of the Napoleonic Wars. Gives syllabus suggestions for undergraduate and graduate courses in nineteenth-century English literature, the history of the novel, and women's writing.
Review Quotes:
"The purpose of this volume is to help instructors teach Persuasion in many different classroom contexts, and it succeeds marvelously. I am eager to try out the ideas gathered here!" --Claudia L. Johnson, Princeton University
"The volume makes a valuable addition to Austen scholarship, and its pedagogical approaches are both thorough and innovative." --Laura White, University of Nebraska, Lincoln