Jane Austen’s Trivial Pursuits | Lapham’s Quarterly

January 12, 2015 By Captain Maiel Leave a Comment

Lapham’s Quarterly is fast becoming a favorite haunt of mine. You’ll see them blogged about a lot here on Blue Honor Blog. When Professor Hightrousers shared this on his Facebook page, I could hardly resist comment. After all, Jane is a fellow female author. Thus it brought up another vein of interest for me: the female comic.

Perhaps the reason that Jane Austen’s novels are not found comedic in their film adaptations of late is that Women are thought not to be funny. Until Tina Fey and Amy Poehler pierced the wall of the closed set, it was just a forgone conclusion. In other words, a forethought of Institutionalized Sexism. How ironic is that? Jane was writing in the Regency period about the very same thing! Yet, here we are in 2014 not a step budged forward really. Fey and Poehler, however, are making a good push, but this is their last run at the Globes, according to television sources. The film Bridesmaids (2011) even made inroads. Women are funny, people! I’ll let Ted Scheinman tell you about it…

Jane Austen’s Trivial Pursuits | Lapham’s Quarterly.

IMAGE: Elizabeth tells her father that Darcy was responsible for uniting Lydia and Wickham, engraving from Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, 1833. - Jane Austen

Elizabeth tells her father that Darcy was responsible for uniting Lydia and Wickham, engraving from Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, 1833.

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Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, K has enjoyed more than twenty years professionally writing. K attended Morrisville State College, majoring in Biology, and then continued with English and History at the University at Albany, where she gained her Bachelor’s Degree. While attending UA, K interned with the 13th Moon Feminist Literary Magazine, bridging her interests in social movements and art. Topics of K's writing often include gender and racial disparities, and trauma. In 2014, K graduated from Empire State College (SUNY) with a Masters in Liberal Studies: screenwriting (Film Studies), the politics of film, and adaptations. During her gradute work, K was the recipient of the Foner Fellowship in Arts and Social Justice, a full scholarship.
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Published novels by K include the Civil War drama Blue Honor, the Second World War spy thriller OP-DEC:Operation Deceit, and the controversial dark fantasy, paranormal series The Trailokya Trilogy. In addition to writing novels, K does screenwriting: 8 Days in Ireland and the adaptations of her current novels. A sequel to her second novel, OP-DEC, is in the research phase, while the screen adaptation is being considered for production by film companies.
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In 2015, K. Williams became an official member of International Thriller Writers, but her greatest accomplishment thus far was becoming a mother in 2017. K continues to produce commentary and art pieces on The Blue Honor Blog, publishing twice weekly. A devoted dog mom, K created Shagbottom Theater in which her dogs star as well known literary and stage personas. K is also a visual artist, producing the ZoDuck Cartoon, painting and sketching--digitally or traditionally, as well as an accomplished Photographer. Click here to see more! Whether it's cooking, IVF and Parenting, learning a foreign language, history or dogs, you'll find something to enjoy and for which to come back.
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