Jane Austen, Incorporated
Friday, October 3, 2025
Dr. Catherine J. Golden

Catherine J. Golden is professor of English and Tisch Chair in Arts and Letters (2017-22) at Skidmore College.  She is author of Serials to Graphic Novels:  The Evolution of the Victorian Illustrated Book (2017), Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing (2009), and Images of the Woman Reader in Victorian British and American Fiction (2003).  She is editor or coeditor of five additional books on topics ranging from Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Victorian illustration, literature, and culture. Golden is a Pedagogy Consultant for COVE (Collaborative Organization for Virtual Education) and an Editorial Advisory Board member and regular contributor to Illustration Magazine, a British arts journal.

About this Session

It is a truth universally acknowledged that adaptations of Jane Austen’s Regency novels have become a profitable brand, increasing her fan base and sparking a multi-million-dollar industry that shows no sign of abating. Together we will examine the Austen franchise, moving from the first sequel by Sybil Brinton—her 1913 Old Friends and New Fancies—to recent reworkings including the 2024 romantic comedy Jane Austen Wrecked my Life. Come prepared to learn about Austen sequels and prequels, Regency time traveling fantasies, zombie and sea monster adaptations, Bollywood and Hollywood films, and all things Austen “merch.”