Flashback Friday: Jane Austen and the Art of Argument (Ignite Phoenix)

Two years ago I gave a presentation to 800 people at Ignite Phoenix titled “Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen and the Art of Argument.” I argue that if they had lived at the same time, Jane Austen and Aristotle probably would’ve fallen in love, because Jane Austen’s novels are really rhetoric textbooks that teach the art of argument.

In honor of one of my favorite holidays coming up, Talk Like Jane Austen Day, I’ve decided to repost the video of my Ignite Phoenix presentation:

More details on some of the rhetoricians and how Jane Austen uses their techniques can be found on my page, The Art of Argument in Pride and Prejudice.

In case you can’t tell, I heart Jane Austen.