Handwringing over popular fiction is hardly a thing of the past, as present panic about Romantasy attests. Unsurprisingly, both genres have a reputation for attracting women readers. Tyler J. Seguin’s Northanger Abbey displays how legitimate literary criticism can devolve into worrying that women are having too much fun.
By Ferron Delcy /Aug 10, 2026
iPhoto caption: Kiana Woo, Andrew Prashad, Georgia Findlay, and Isaiah Kolundzic in 'Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.' Photo by Raph Nogal.