Jane Austen & Masculinity: A Visit with Michael Kramp

“He is just what a young man ought to be," said she, "sensible, good-humored, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!" —Pride and Prejudice We’re all familiar with Austen’s men: the good, the bad, and the unctuous. But how did changing ideas about masculinity in her day shape Austen's male characters? In this episode, we talk with Michael Kramp, professor of English at Lehigh University, about the fathers, brothers, friends, and suitors who fill her novels and what she reveals about each ...