Posted by kathleen (elder) on May 01, 1997 at 14:34:30:
In reply to Re: Ordination posted by Kate on May 01, 1997 at 11:20:53
] The footnote is as follows:
] Jane Austen to Cassandra Austen, 29 Jan 1813 in _Letters_ p. 298; the correspondence on the topic begins with Hugh Brogan's letter, TLS 19 Dec 1968. After Austen has been writing about the publication of P&P, the key sentences read: 'Now I will try to write of something else, and it shall be a complete change of subject - ordination - I am glad to find your enquires have ended so well. If you could discover whether Northamptonshire is a country of hedgerows I should be glad again.' Chapman's intepretation assumes a full stop between 'ordination' and 'I' . His critics feel that Austen is more likely to have intended a stop between 'subject' and 'ordination'.
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Hmmm. Doesn't sound like it's definite either way, but it is interesting. It makes me curious to read what some of the other critics might have to say -- time to dust off some of the critical writings & biographies.
Thanks for sharing, Kate.
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