Mansfield Park (Broadview Literary Texts) (Broadview Editions) - Softcover

Jane Austen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551110989 ISBN 13: 9781551110981

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2001

Synopsis

“This Broadview edition splendidly brings out the novel’s engagement with a range of contemporary controversies, from female education to the slave trade and the proper use of wealth.” — John Wiltshire, LaTrobe University, Australia|Mansfield Park is Jane Austen’s darkest, and most complex novel. In contrast to the confident and vivacious heroines of Emma and Pride and Prejudice, its central character, Fanny Price, is a shy and vulnerable poor relation who finds the courage to stand up for her principles and desires. Fanny comes to live at Mansfield Park, the home of the wealthy Bertram family, and of Fanny’s aunt, Lady Bertram. Though the family impresses upon Fanny her inferior status, she finds a friend in Edmund, the younger brother. Mansfield Park explores important issues such as slavery (the source of the Bertrams’ wealth), the oppressive nature of idealized femininity, and women’s education. This edition sheds light on these and other issues through its insightful introduction and wide-ranging appendices of contemporary documents.

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About the Author

June Sturrock teaches at Simon Fraser University. She has written widely on nineteenth-century literature, and is the author of ‘Heaven and Home': Charlotte M. Yonge's Domestic Fiction and the Victorian Debate Over Women.

From the Back Cover

Mansfield Park is Jane Austen's darkest, and most complex novel. In contrast to the confident and vivacious heroines of Emma and Pride and Prejudice, its central character, Fanny Price, is a shy and vulnerable poor relation who finds the courage to stand up for her principles and desires. Fanny comes to live at Mansfield Park, the home of the wealthy Bertram family, and of Fanny's aunt, Lady Bertram. Though the family impresses upon Fanny her inferior status, she finds a friend in Edmund, the younger brother.

Mansfield Park explores important issues such as slavery (the source of the Bertrams' wealth), the oppressive nature of idealized femininity, and women's education. This edition sheds light on these and other issues through its insightful introduction and wide-ranging appendices of contemporary documents.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551110989
• ISBN 13: 9781551110981
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528