Joseph Rezek
@rezekjoe.bsky.social
English Prof and Director of American Studies at Boston University. Gay dad and husband. 2024-2025 NEH fellow for “The Racialization of Print,” forthcoming from OIEAHC & UNC Press. https://www.josephrezek.com/
Every sentence in Austen
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Every sentence in Austen
I am half agony, half hope!
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I am half agony, half hope!
The original dumb poll marked an epoch in my life
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The original dumb poll marked an epoch in my life
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The answer is Austen cos Austen could write a novel about an unhinged creator playing god with her creation’s lives (Emma) whereas Shelley could not write Pride & Prejudice (I mean, Lodore? Falkner?)
You can only pick one. I’m sorry.
Jane Austen or Mary Shelley
Jane Austen or Mary Shelley
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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The hell is this Sophie’s Choice?
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The hell is this Sophie’s Choice?
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'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single monster in possession of great loneliness, must be in want of a female with whom he can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for his being.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single monster in possession of great loneliness, must be in want of a female with whom he can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for his being.”