Janite
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Janite (plural Janites)
- Alternative form of Janeite
- 1894, George Saintsbury, Pride and Prejudice, London: George Allen, Preface, page ix:
- And in the sect—fairly large and yet unusually choice—of Austenians or Janites, there would probably be found partisans of the claim to primacy of almost every one of the novels.
- 2001, James L. Machor, Philip Goldstein, Reception Study: From Literary Theory to Cultural Studies, page 77:
- The process of "straightening Austen out" thus transpired within an institutional framework determined to discredit the authority of Janite reception by repositioning her novels within heteronormative cultural codes.
- 2014, Andre Norton, Snow Shadow:
- “So you are a Janite, too! But how fortunate. Right over there,” he so forgot manners as to use his fork for a pointer, “lies Northanger Abbey.”