Today we'll dive into Jane Austen's Emma and investigate the meanings of the names of three of the main women: Emma Woodhouse, Harriet Smith, and Jane Fairfax.
What is the history of these surnames? What do the names tell us about their characters? Did Austen do this intentionally? Was Jane Austen a wizard?
We'll attempt to answer these and many more questions in our first foray into names in fiction!
Dr. Octavio Cox Youtube:
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Sources:
Articles:
Fullerton, S. (1997). Jane Austen’s Art of Naming. The Journal of the Jane Austen Society of North America-Persuasions, 9. http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/printed/number19/fullerton.pdf
Stiller, M. (2016). Wentworth Woodhouse is no Pemberley. Prospect Magazine. Published. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/wentworth-woodhouse-no-pemberley-jane-austen-autumn-statement
Books:
Austen, J. (2021). Emma. ClassicBooks by KTHTK.
Hanks, P., Hodges, F., & Hardcastle, K. (2016). A Dictionary of First Names (The Oxford Reference Collection) (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
John, A. (2017). The Peerage of Scotland: A genealogical and historical account of all the peers of that ancient kingdom. Hansebooks.
Websites:
www.houseofnames.com
www.merriam-webster.com
https://thebiography.us/en/fairfax-robert
https://peoplepill.com/people/robert-wodehouse/
www.wentworthwoodhouse.org
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