Jane Austen & Comedy
The Art of Knowing our own Nothingness
Sunday, November 09
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Fayetteville Public Library
Walker Community Room (3rd Floor)Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth with a special talk in her honor. Learn how Jane Austen incorporated humor and wit in her works and still has readers captivated today.
University of Arkansas professor Sean Dempsey will present “Jane Austen and Comedy: ‘The Art of Knowing our own Nothingness’”.
About the presenter
Sean Dempsey is an Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas. His teaching interests include the works of Jane Austen, romanticism, and 19th century poetics.
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