Camp Austen by Scheinman, Ted
Camp Austen by Scheinman, Ted

Camp Austen

A Paris Review Staff Pick and one of The Millions' Most Anticipated Reads of MarchA raucous tour...
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Author: Ted Scheinman
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Camp Austen by Scheinman, Ted

Camp Austen

$38.47
Camp Austen by Scheinman, Ted

Camp Austen

$38.47
Author: Ted Scheinman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

A Paris Review Staff Pick and one of The Millions' Most Anticipated Reads of March

A raucous tour through the world of Mr. Darcy imitations, tailored gowns, and tipsy ballroom dancing

The son of a devoted Jane Austen scholar, Ted Scheinman spent his childhood eating Yorkshire pudding, singing in an Anglican choir, and watching Laurence Olivier as Mr. Darcy. Determined to leave his mother's world behind, he nonetheless found himself in grad school organizing the first ever UNC-Chapel Hill Jane Austen Summer Camp, a weekend-long event that sits somewhere between an academic conference and superfan extravaganza.

While the long tradition of Austen devotees includes the likes of Henry James and E. M. Forster, it is at the conferences and reenactments where Janeism truly lives. In Camp Austen, Scheinman tells the story of his indoctrination into this enthusiastic world and his struggle to shake his mother's influence while navigating hasty theatrical adaptations, undaunted scholars in cravats, and unseemly petticoat fittings.

In a haze of morning crumpets and restrictive tights, Scheinman delivers a hilarious and poignant survey of one of the most enduring and passionate literary coteries in history. Combining clandestine journalism with frank memoir, academic savvy with insider knowledge, Camp Austen is perhaps the most comprehensive study of Austen that can also be read in a single sitting. Brimming with stockings, culinary etiquette, and scandalous dance partners, this is summer camp like you've never seen it before.

Author: Ted Scheinman
Publisher: Fsg Adult
Published: 03/06/2018
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780865478213


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2017
Publishers Weekly 01/22/2018
Booklist 02/15/2018 pg. 16

About the Author
Ted Scheinman is a writer and scholar based in Washington, D.C., where he works as a senior editor at Smithsonian magazine. He has taught courses on journalism, satire, and poetry at the University of North Carolina and has written for The New York Times, the Oxford American, Playboy, Slate, Pacific Standard and many others. Ted is the author of Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan.


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