Devoney Looser
American literary scholar; professor of English at Arizona State University and author of The Making of Jane Austen, Sister Novelists and Wild for Austen.
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Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is a worthwhile, provocative adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel.
Their wordsI only recently saw Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, which I’d recommend as a revisionary, provocative adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel.
↗The Latest from Devoney and Wild for Austen (March 14, 2026)devoney.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsOne theory I float is that two lines from an 1808 letter might be Austen’s reference to treating period pain.
↗The Latest from Devoney and Wild for Austen (March 14, 2026)devoney.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsIt’s just one line from Austen’s pen, in a private letter musing about heroines of novels. But it might serve as an abridgment of what’s most admirable and remarkable about her craft and philosophy, in its unconventional—and dare I say wild?—aspects.
↗The Latest from Devoney and Wild for Austendevoney.substack.com
- 3 weeks earlier
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Their wordsI admit it’s not my first-choice P&P adaptation. (That will probably always be the BBC 1995 version.)
↗The Latest from Devoney & Wild for Austen (US Thanksgiving edition)devoney.substack.com
- 4 months earlier
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Their wordsI do hope I’ll get to see you and celebrate together during this milestone 250th year for the great—our greatest!—novelist in English.
↗The Latest from Devoney (2 August 2025)devoney.substack.com
- 12 months earlier
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Their wordsI have no problem with the statue itself, but the mention of its “tranquil domestic setting” being a fitting one for her makes me sick and wicked. Which scenes could they be thinking of?
↗The Latest from Devoney (August 2024)devoney.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsSadly (to my mind) calls to preserve its Dolphin Hotel, where Austen danced on her 18th birthday, have failed.
↗The Latest from Devoney (August 2024)devoney.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece