{"id":487,"date":"2022-02-27T21:53:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T10:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=487"},"modified":"2022-02-27T21:53:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T10:53:11","slug":"mansfield-park-episode-4-chapters-12-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/27\/mansfield-park-episode-4-chapters-12-16\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Mansfield Park<\/em>: Episode 4, Chapters 12-16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-10150210\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/10150210-s03e04-mansfield-park-episode-4-chapters-12-16.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-10150210&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we read Chapters 12 to 16 of\u00a0<em>Mansfield Park<\/em>. We talk about why Fanny refuses to act, why Edmund agrees to join in, the sheer amount of comedy in the scenes of the theatricals, and the Cinderella aspect of the plot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We talk about Tom Bertram, and then Ellen looks at theatre in the Regency period, and why Fanny and Edmund disapprove of the the theatricals. Harriet talks about the popular culture versions, including some modernisations and a variation that she hasn&#8217;t looked at before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Things we mention:   <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>General and character discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>John Wiltshire [Editor], <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/au\/academic\/subjects\/literature\/literary-texts\/mansfield-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen: Mansfield Park<\/a><\/em> (2005)<\/li><li>Lionel Trilling, \u201c<em>Mansfield Park<\/em>\u201c, <em>Partisan Review<\/em> 21 (September-October 1954): 492-511. Also published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/print\/Encounter-1954sep-00009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Encounter<\/em>, September 1954: 9-19<\/a>.<\/li><li>Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1102190.Talking_of_Jane_Austen\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Talking of Jane Austen<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(1943) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Historical discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Chuck Hudson, <a href=\"https:\/\/historicinterpreter.wordpress.com\/2015\/03\/16\/theatre-in-georgian-england\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;Theatre in Georgian England&#8217;<\/a> (2015)<\/li><li>Elizabeth Inchbald, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/4554\/4554-h\/4554-h.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lovers&#8217;s Vows<\/a><\/em> [full text on Project Gutenberg] (1798)<\/li><li>Deirdre Le Faye [Editor], <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/2155.Jane_Austen_s_Letters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jane Austen&#8217;s Letters<\/a><\/em> (1995)<\/li><li>Lionel Trilling, \u201c<em>Mansfield Park<\/em>\u201c, <em>Partisan Review<\/em> 21 (September-October 1954): 492-511. Also published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/print\/Encounter-1954sep-00009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Encounter<\/em>, September 1954: 9-19<\/a>.<\/li><li>Claudia L. Johnson and Clara Tuite, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/50671357-30-great-myths-about-jane-austen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>30 Great Myths about Jane Austen<\/em><\/a> (2020)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Popular culture discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Adaptations:<ul><li>BBC, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085052\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mansfield Park<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1983) \u2013 starring Sylvestra Le Touzel and Nicholas Farrell (6 episodes)<\/li><li>Miramax, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0178737\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mansfield Park<\/a><\/em> (1999) \u2013 starring Frances O\u2019Connor and Jonny Lee Miller<\/li><li>ITV, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0847182\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mansfield Park<\/a><\/em> (2007) \u2013 starring Billie Piper and Blake Ritson<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Modernisations:<ul><li>Westerly Films, Allagash Films, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0100142\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metropolitan<\/a><\/em> (1990) \u2013 starring Carolyn Farina and Edward Clements<\/li><li>YouTube, Foot in the Door Theatre, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOz41y0VXokzWpyClimh6xQ\" target=\"_blank\">From Mansfield With Love<\/a><\/em> (2014-2015)<\/li><li>D.E. Stevenson, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/2426652.Celia_s_House\" target=\"_blank\">Celia\u2019s House<\/a><\/em> (1943)<\/li><li>John Mullan, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vi3lQz7d-dU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Live at the Hay Festival <\/a><\/em>(2014) [YouTube] &#8211; referred to in the discussion of <em>Celia&#8217;s House<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Variations:<ul><li>Lona Manning, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/37937314-a-contrary-wind\" target=\"_blank\">A Contrary Wind<\/a> <\/em>(2017), <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40694066-a-marriage-of-attachment\" target=\"_blank\">A Marriage of Attachment<\/a><\/em> (2018) and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/50930330-a-different-kind-of-woman\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Different Kind of Woman<\/em><\/a> (2020)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Creative commons music used:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Extract from&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Mozart_-_Piano_Sonata_No._12_in_F_Major,_K.332_-_II._Adagio.ogg\" target=\"_blank\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata No. 12 in F Major, ii. Adagio<\/a>.<\/li><li>Extract from&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Haydn_sonata_hob._XVI_23_mvt_1.oga\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Haydn, Piano Sonata No. 38. Performance by Ivan Ili\u0107, recorded in Manchester in December, 2006<\/a>. File originally from IMSLP.<\/li><li>Extract from&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart_-_sonata_no._13_in_b_flat_major,_k.333_-_iii._allegretto_grazioso.ogg\" target=\"_blank\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat Major, iii. Allegretto Grazioso<\/a>. File originally from Musopen.<\/li><li>Extract from&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:George_Frideric_Handel_-_suite_i,_no._2_in_f_major,_hwv_427_-_ii._allegro.ogg\" target=\"_blank\">George Frideric Handel, Suite I, No. 2 in F Major, ii. Allegro<\/a>. File originally from Musopen.<\/li><li>Extract from&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Beethoven_-_Piano_Sonata_No._28_in_A_Major,_Op._101_-_I._Etwas_lebhaft,_und_mit_der_innigsten_Empfindung.ogg\" target=\"_blank\">Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major<\/a>. File originally from Musopen.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we read Chapters 12 to 16 of\u00a0Mansfield Park. We talk about why Fanny refuses to act, why Edmund agrees to join in, the sheer amount of comedy in the scenes of the theatricals, and the Cinderella aspect of the plot. We talk about Tom Bertram, and then Ellen looks at theatre in &#8230; <a title=\"Mansfield Park: Episode 4, Chapters 12-16\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/27\/mansfield-park-episode-4-chapters-12-16\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Mansfield Park<\/em>: Episode 4, Chapters 12-16<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":491,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions\/491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}