Silhouette of Cassandra Leigh Austen, Jane Austen's mother To help celebrate Mother's Day, why not enjoy a couple of articles about representations of mothers in Jane Austen's works?
- Here's an "oldie but goodie" from our very own Mary Margaret Benson: "Mothers, Substitute Mothers, and Daughters in the Novels of Jane Austen," published in Persuasions, #11, in 1989. The full article is available online to read here at http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/printed/number11/benson.htm
- Here's a recent blog post on the Jane Austen Info blog, "Cassandra Leigh, Jane Austen's mother, and representations of mothers in her novels," available to read online here at http://janeausteninfo.wix.com/blog#!Cassandra-Leigh-Jane-Austens-mother-and-representations-of-mothers-in-her-novels/nbptv/56dc065d0cf2cacdc4254c52