From the JASNA Persuasion archives, highlighted recently in last month's JASNA Update... an article from our very own Mary Margaret Benson! Her article, "Excellently Qualified to Shine at a Round Game", originally published in Persuasions, No. 8, 1986, "demonstrates how the ever-inventive Jane Austen transformed domestic card tables and casual card games into veritable microcosms of the domestic society portrayed in each of her novels."
An excerpt of the article below:
An excerpt of the article below:
The full article is available to read and enjoy online at http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/printed/number8/benson.pdf, through the Persuasions archives on the JASNA website.
