I may be the last person to discover that all the previous issues of
Persuasions On-Line are on JASNA's website, but they are there and I want to share my excitement!
They can be found here:
The Jane Austen Society of North America - Persuasions On-line
JASNA's description:
"Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal On-Line (ISSN 1559-7520) is
the electronic journal of JASNA. It is published each December 16 and made
freely accessible as part of JASNA’s outreach mission. All prior numbers
will be maintained here indefinitely."
To clarify, these online issues do not contain the pieces written for the physical editions of
Persuasions. But there are many great pieces in these online issues as well! As JASNA states these are available for anyone to read for
free and you do
not need to be a member of JASNA.
The papers published in
Persuasions and
Persuasions On-Line are informative and perceptive, and for me they have made becoming a member of JASNA worth every penny! I read a piece from the latest
Persuasions issue titled 'Why Edward Ferrars Doesn't Dance' by Theresa Kenney that opened up a whole new window on my reading of
Sense and Sensibility and how Jane structured this novel, and it increased my appreciation of Edward himself. These papers can be somewhat scholarly and are often written by professors, but they are nevertheless very readable (and enjoyable!).
So to discover more about Jane, her novels and her world, read on and enjoy!
And here is another link to
Persuasions On-Line.
{ If I have any mistakes in my information, please comment or contact me! I'm not always sure I perfectly comprehend everything I read. :) }
