Description
In Jane Austen’s surviving music collection, there are several songs that describe and dramatize the plight of captives of various kinds, including Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Marie Antoinette of France, or of women separated from their families and loved ones through circumstances beyond their control, including an English sailor’s wife and an Indian woman abandoned by her English ‘master’.These songs resonate in interesting ways with the restriction and lack of agency of many of the female characters in Austen’s novels, particularly Mansfield Park and Persuasion. In this illustrated presentation I will draw together what might seem quite disparate strands in Austen’s life, musical repertoire, and novels to explore the themes of confinement and captivity.
| Period | 17 May 2021 |
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| Held at | Indian Society for the Promotion of English Language and Literature, India |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- Jane Austen
- music
- literature
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Research Outputs
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The Home and The World in Mansfield Park and Ghare Baire
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Jane Austen's Music
Research output: Non-textual form › Film, Digital Media or Visual Output
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Jane Austen and the Music of the French Revolution
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Austen Music Transcripts
Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
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‘These Happy Effects on the Character of the British Sailor’: Family Life in Sea Songs of the Late Georgian Period
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review