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Ep43: The Thing About General Tilney's Breakfast China

7/21/2022

 
We hope you set an alarm! It's time for breakfast with General Tilney, and he does not like to be kept waiting. On the plus side, he will tell you exactly what he's planning to give you for a wedding present. This week we're joining Catherine for breakfast at Northanger Abbey and learning more about the General's taste in housewares.

Update: We had a few fabulous listeners explain Spode's underglaze transfer process mentioned in the episode and even provide a video explanation. So, for your viewing pleasure:


Selected Sources:
  • Austen, Jane. Jane Austen’s Letters. Edited by Deirdre Le Faye. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
  • Burn, Matilda. “Collecting Guide: Sèvres Porcelain.” Christie’s, March 18, 2022. https://www.christies.com/features/Sevres-porcelain-collecting-guide-8706-1.aspx.
  • Johnson, Claudia. “Notes.” In Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen, edited by James Kinsley and John Davie, Reissued. Oxford World’s Classics. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2008.
  • Jones, Hazel. “Tensions at the Table: Dining-Room Dynamics in Abbeys and Castles.” Persuasions 42 (2019): 13–23.
  • Lane, Maggie. Jane Austen and Food. London: Continuum, 2007.
  • Simpson, Dominic. “Collecting Guide: Meissen Porcelain.” Christie’s, June 26, 2019. https://www.christies.com/features/Meissen-Porcelain-Collecting-Guide-8158-1.aspx.
  • Slothouber, Linda. “Elegance and Simplicity: Jane Austen and Wedgwood.” Persuasions 31 (2009): 163–72.
  • Spode. “About Us.” Accessed July 4, 2022. https://www.spode.co.uk/spode-about-us.
  • Wedgwood. “Wedgwood History & Heritage - The Story.” Accessed July 4, 2022. https://www.wedgwood.com/en-us/welcome-to-wedgwood/the-wedgwood-story.
  • Wilkie, Jody. “How to Collect British Ceramics.” Christie’s, May 18, 2021. https://www.christies.com/features/how-to-collect-british-porcelain-11657-1.aspx.

Ep37: The Thing About Petty-France

5/5/2022

 
If General Tilney's chaise leaves Bath at 10 am and Henry's curricle also leaves Bath at 10 am and there are x postilions and y outriders and Catherine really, really, really just wants to get to the abbey, how many capes are on Henry's greatcoat?

This episode we're all about schedules and mileage (and Henry's greatcoat), as we journey along with Catherine and stopover at Petty-France.

Selected Sources
  • Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. Edited by James Kinsley and John Davie. Oxford World’s Classics. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2008.
  • Cantrell, Dean. “Yes, There Is a Petty France.” Persuasions 9 (1987): 36.
  • Jones, Hazel. Jane Austen’s Journeys. London: Hale, 2014.
  • Lane, Maggie. Jane Austen’s England. London: Hale, 1996.
  • Le Faye, Deirdre. Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels. London: Frances Lincoln, 2003.
  • Mogg, Edward. Mogg’s Pocket Itinerary of the Direct and Cross Roads of England and Wales, with Part of the Roads of Scotland. London, 1828.
  • The Bodkin. “Stay.” Accessed April 30, 2022. https://thebodkin.co.uk/.

EP05: The Thing About General Tilney's Pamphlets

10/3/2021

 
This week we're all about the mysterious (or are they stupid?) pamphlets that General Tilney reads late at night. We talk about the political tumult of the 1790s and pamphlets as a form of blogging, and even make a nod to Bridgerton and scandal sheets. If you ever accidentally thought your boyfriend's dad was a murderer, this episode is for you.

Selected episode sources:
  • Hopkins, Robert. “General Tilney and Affairs of State: The Political Gothic of ‘Northanger Abbey.’” Philological Quarterly 52, no. 2 (1978): 213.
  • Minma, Shinobu. “General Tilney and Tyranny: Northanger Abbey.” Eighteenth-Century Fiction 8, no. 4 (1996): 503–18. https://doi.org/10.1353/ecf.1996.0068.​

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