tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post3506480521144065996..comments2023-07-13T06:32:12.819-04:00Comments on First Impressions: The Writings of Author Alexa Adams: Profile: Emma WoodhouseAlexa Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10086472405632748174noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-16990180419125661792011-12-01T18:08:08.897-05:002011-12-01T18:08:08.897-05:00Emma Woodhouse is Austen's least loved heroine...Emma Woodhouse is Austen's least loved heroine? Really? She's a big favorite of mine. I like her so much, because she IS flawed (which makes her character so entertaining) and is willing to acknowledge her flaws . . . unlike another Austen heroine I know.The Rush Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667282586023023623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-4559396860267073022010-11-18T10:44:25.672-05:002010-11-18T10:44:25.672-05:00I too share your hatred of bad boy appeal (though ...I too share your hatred of bad boy appeal (though it's rather problematized by the fact that a) I'm male; b) there's another stereotype which is just as bad, the nice guy, which is easy to fall into when trying to avoid the "bad boy" persona; c) I actually like Twilight - but mostly for the female characters). It's actually a serious reason I have trouble with the rolesibmillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914380316134426353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-5045861452310151042010-11-18T06:02:20.547-05:002010-11-18T06:02:20.547-05:00So here's my deal with Miss Eyre. I've rea...So here's my deal with Miss Eyre. I've read the book at least a dozen times. As a teenager I adored it. I thought Mr. Rochester the greatest thing since sliced bread, even going so far as to cry in his defense in the middle of a classroom. Then, in college, I discovered that my boyfriend of three years (my Mr. Rochester) had been consistently cheating on me the entire time. Well, let'Alexa Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086472405632748174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-23242172385293748172010-11-17T23:27:33.106-05:002010-11-17T23:27:33.106-05:00Re: Emma - I dunno - perhaps everyone was tired ou...Re: Emma - I dunno - perhaps everyone was tired out by the Emma cliche-fest that was the press's reaction to the most recent miniseries. "No one likes Emma, Emma's a matchmaker, blah blah blah." Seriously, no one but the actual cast and crew seemed to get the interesting bits - Emma's really isolated, Emma's got lots of class issues, Emma is totally awesome (okay, I ibmillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914380316134426353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-34691936192301029362010-11-16T17:30:12.485-05:002010-11-16T17:30:12.485-05:00Hi ibmiller! Always good to hear from a fellow def...Hi ibmiller! Always good to hear from a fellow defender of Austen's least loved heroines. I find it interesting that I received only your comment to this post - perhaps readers weren't thrilled by my proposition that Austen was critical of their disapprobation for Miss Woodhouse? I find Claudia Johnson's writings on Austen far too feminist to invoke my sympathies. I simple cannot viewAlexa Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086472405632748174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-37867998298589610472010-11-16T16:30:11.922-05:002010-11-16T16:30:11.922-05:00I think Emma and Fanny are criticisms of public ta...I think Emma and Fanny are criticisms of public taste, actually. While Austen doesn't hold either up as a perfect ideal (despite what Claudia Johnson may claim), they both force the reader to work harder than the somewhat too-easily-liked Lizzy (I find myself often sympathetic with Prudie from the Jane Austen Book Club - "If this were a popularity contest, then Elizabeth Bennet would beibmillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914380316134426353noreply@blogger.com