The Western Literary Canon in Context

Pride and Prejudice - Women in the Canon (1x24)


Air date: Jan 01, 2008

The Western canon's eventual embrace of Jane Austen marked the entrance of one of the first female writers into what had been a male-dominated catalog. Learn how the immense popularity of Pride and Prejudice and other novels helped Austen pave the way for future female canonic authors.

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