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502 Persuasion by Jane Austen | My Last Book with Stephen Dobranski

The History of Literature

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The Power of Persuasion

Yellowjackets, Showtime's Emmy-nominated phenomenon returns. Jane Austen has a habit of setting out thematic positions or oppositions for us in the titles of her works. Persuasion isn't pitted against an opposing term like dissuasion because it embodies tension within itself.

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