Introduction: Jane Austen and William Shakespeare – Twin icons?

Wifall, Rachel

doi:10.1080/17450918.2010.527436

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“…This is the case with the writing of sequels to Jane Austen's novels, which are rightfully considered the "Golden Fund" of English literature on a par with the legacy of W. Shakespeare and C. Dickens (Breuer, n.d.). Interest in her literary heritage began at the beginning of the twentieth century, then was strengthened by the General commercialization of art in the second half of it, and has reached a high point in our days with the appearance of film adaptations of her novels and the emergence of online communities and fan clubs (Hopkins, 2018;Wifall, 2010). The attitude towards Jane Austen in her native England was changing from oblivion to a truly national love.…”

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Sequel as A Type of Metatext Practice: Philosophical Perspective

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Kostyrya²,

Mamonova³

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Sequel as A Type of Metatext Practice: Philosophical Perspective

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Jane Austen and “Banal Shakespeare”

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2014

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author While critics have long acknowledged Jane Austen's literary debt to William Shakespeare, little attention has been paid to her infrequent use of direct quotations from his work. Perhaps because these instances of quotation are so rare, most critics who take note of them classify them as purely ironic: Austen quotes the Bard as a means by which to satirize the eighteenth-century vogue for Shakespeare epigrams, mocking other writers who ineptly or in apt ly cite wellworn passages in a transparent bid for artis tic legit i macy. While true to a certain extent, this conclusion does not do justice to Austen's ad mira tion of Shakespeare nor to the range of her sophisticated irony. Opening up such a critical stand point in this article, I closely examine instances of direct quota tions from Shakespeare in Austen' s novels and argue that Austen does not simply mock those writers who misuse Shake speare; her quotations also reinvigorate his most clichéd aphorisms and demonstrate both their continuing relevance and her own keen understanding of their complex original contexts.Megan Taylor is a SSHRC doctoral scholarship holder currently completing her PhD in English literature at

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Introduction: Jane Austen and William Shakespeare – Twin icons?

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Sequel as A Type of Metatext Practice: Philosophical Perspective

Sequel as A Type of Metatext Practice: Philosophical Perspective

Jane Austen and “Banal Shakespeare”

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