This Norton Critical Edition of Jane Austen's most ambitious and controversial novel is based on a new authoritative text, which closely follows the one Austen oversaw when the novel was revised and reprinted in 1816. Supporting materials include an introduction, textual annotations, and a contemporary map of England.

"Contexts" provides readers with a rich selection of contemporary materials on such issues as the slave trade, religion, the conduct of women, and landscape design that illuminate Austen's dark and often disturbing novel. Elizabeth Inchbald's adaptation of Lovers' Vows (the play staged by the characters in Mansfield Park) is included, as are writings by Humphry Repton. Thomas Gisborne, Hannah More, and Mary Wollstonecraft, among others.

"Criticism" includes essays on the novel by Jan Fergus, Lionel Trilling, Alistair Duckworth, Nina Auerbach, Claudia L. Johnson, Joseph Litvak, Edward Said, Brian Southam, and Joseph Lew.

A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included.

Contents

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Acknowledgments Introduction  Jane Austen and Mansfield Park  A Note on Money in Austen's Novels  A Note on Austen and the Text of Mansfield Park The Text of Mansfield Park  Textual Notes Contexts  Elizabeth Inchbald • Lovers' Vows (1798)  Jane Austen   Opinions of Mansfield Park (1814, 1815)   Evening Prayer No. I  A Companion to the Altar   On Family Prayer  Humphrey Repton   Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening (1795)    From Chapter III. Proper Situations for a House   Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening (1803)    From Chapter VII. Farm and Park Distinct Objects  William Cowper   The Task (1785)    From Book I. The Sofa    From Book III. The Garden  John Gregory   A Father's Legacy to His Daughter (1774)   From Conduct and Behaviour   From Amusements  Mary Wollstonecraft   A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)    From Chapter II. The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Character Discussed    From Chapter III. The Same Subject Continued  Thomas Gisborne   An Enquiry into the Duties of Men in the Higher and Middle Classes of Society in Great Britain (1794)    From Chapter XI. On the Duties of the Clerical Profession   An Enquiry into the Duties of the Female Sex (1797)    From Chapter IX. On Amusements in General    From Chapter X. On the Employment of Time  Hannah More   Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education ( 1799)    From Chapter VI. Filial Obedience Not the Character of the Age  Parliamentary Debates (1806)   From Abolition of the Slave Trade  Thomas Clarkson • From History of the... Abolition of the African Slave Trade... (1808)  Elizabeth Inchbald • Remarks on Shakespeare's King Henry VIII (1806-09) Criticism  Jan Fergus • Power and Mansfield Park  Lionel Trilling • Mansfield Park  Alistair Duckworth • Mansfield Park: Jane Austen's Grounds of Being  Nina Auerbach • Jane Austen's Dangerous Charm: Feeling as One Ought about Fanny Price  Claudia L. Johnson • Mansfield Park: Confusions of Guilt and Revolutions of Mind  Joseph Litvak • The Infection of Acting: Theatricals and Theatricality in Mansfield Park  Edward Said • Jane Austen and Empire  Brian Southam • The Silence of the Bertrams  Joseph Lew • "That Abominable Traffic": Mansfield Park and the Dynamics of Slavery Jane Austen: A Chronology Selected Bibliography

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Tags: Literature, LiteraryCriticism, 19CEngland

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