Jane Austen, "Mansfield Park" (Norton Critical Editions)

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

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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