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Next Meeting: Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, at 2:00pm.
To be discussed: Persuasion #30, brothers/sisters   
 
You are cordially invited to join the meetings held by the Atlanta Chapter of JASNA on the third Sunday of every month at the Buckhead Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 2900 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta 30305, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm for an afternoon of interesting discussions about Austen's books, her life, and the traditions of Regency England.  The only requirement is a desire to share your ideas and love of Austen's work with our group. 
 
JASNA members in the Atlanta area are automatically members of the Atlanta Chapter.  There are no local dues and guests are always welcome.  If you are not a current JASNA member, we invite you to visit: http://www.jasna.org/ to learn more about JASNA.
 
For more information, please contact Nancy Mayer, the facilitator of the Atlanta Region at: nmayer@bellsouth.net.
 
  
"It's such happiness when good people get together -- and they always do."   
     -- Miss Bates, Emma
 
 Jane Austen Society of North America
 
Future AGM's
 
Theme:  Jane Austen and the Abbey:  Mystery, Mayhem and Muslin in Portland
Theme:  Jane Austen:  200 years of Sense and Sensibility 
 
Theme:  Sex, Money, and Power in Jane Austen's Fiction
 
Theme:  The 200th Anniversary of Pride & Prejudice
 
Other Events
 
Jane Austen Festival  July 10-11, 2010
The Louisville, KY, Austen region will be having the third annual JA Festival.  Judging by the photos from last year's festival, this looks like a lot of fun!  It's a six hour drive from Atlanta.  Anyone wishing to carpool or organize a bus ride to this event, please contact randy@jasnaatlanta.org.
 
 
 

 JASNA - Atlanta Region Meetings

The featured Austen novel at the 2010 Austen Conference in Portland is Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's send-up of the Gothic novels that were popular at the end of the 18th century.  Many JASNA local chapters around the U.S. and Canada are discussing this genre in prep for that conference.

 

The term 'gothic' was probably borrowed from the Gothic architecture that was popular in medieval times and frequently appeared in these novels.  Ancient, ruined castles with secret passages and histories of violence enhanced the spooky atmosphere of the written words.

 

The most famous example of Gothic revival architecture in Atlanta is Oglethorpe University, which is currently celebrating the 175th anniversary of its founding . Below is Lupton Hall, one of the buildings in the academic quadrangle.