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Mary Gifford
Dr Mary Gifford
Dr Mary Gifford has had a varied career in national newspapers, pharmaceuticals, and in university teaching in English literature. She gained her PhD from Oxford Brookes for her thesis on medical discourses in the eighteenth-century novel. Her specialist knowledge of the early novel has given her a huge appreciation for the groundbreaking strides made by Jane Austen in this literary form, which has involved her unfortunate husband in watching (often repeatedly) as many adaptations of her works etc. as possible!
Courses
This course explores the six major works of Jane Austen whilst focusing on Northanger Abbey (1817), Emma (1815) and Persuasion (1817). By examining her texts and other sources we investigate how she so innovatively developed the novel as a literary form.