{"id":494,"date":"2022-03-22T23:42:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T12:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=494"},"modified":"2022-05-24T22:35:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T12:35:28","slug":"mansfield-park-episode-5-chapters-17-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/22\/mansfield-park-episode-5-chapters-17-21\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Mansfield Park<\/em>: Episode 5, Chapters 17-21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-10295543\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/10295543-s03e05-mansfield-park-episode-5-chapters-17-21.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-10295543&amp;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we read Chapters 17 to 21 of&nbsp;<em>Mansfield Park<\/em>. We talk about Fanny&#8217;s moral trajectory during the theatricals, Mary&#8217;s casual acceptance of Henry&#8217;s behaviour with Maria, the cliffhanger ending of Volume 1 in the first edition, and Fanny&#8217;s question to Sir Thomas about the slave trade (with Harriet&#8217;s theory as to why she asked it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We talk about Sir Thomas, first considering how he is presented in the text, and then how we reconcile this with the fact that his estate in Antigua is worked by enslaved people. Ellen looks at the clergy, including the presentation of livings, pluralism and absenteeism, and the career path for the clergy. Harriet talks about the popular culture versions.<\/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>Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern,&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;(1943) <\/li><li>Edward Said, <em><a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/22135.Culture_and_Imperialism\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/22135.Culture_and_Imperialism\" target=\"_blank\">Culture and Imperialism<\/a><\/em> (1993)<\/li><li>Lona Manning, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonamanning.ca\/blog\/cmp40-in-defense-of-sir-thomas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In Defense of Sir Thomas<\/a> (2021)<\/li><li>Octavia Cox, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UXkMvFYcdL0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Which is the worst marriage in Jane Austen&#8217;s novels?<\/a> (2021 &#8211; YouTube video)<\/li><li>HBO, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0141842\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sopranos<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(1999-2007 &#8211; television series)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Historical discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Susannah Fullerton, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q7vfFw-g76w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Susannah Fullerton&#8217;s Best Books about Jane Austen<\/a> (2021 &#8211; YouTube video)<\/li><li>Irene Collins, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/2393040.Jane_Austen_and_the_Clergy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jane Austen and the Clergy<\/a><\/em> (2002)<\/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>&nbsp;(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>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><\/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 17 to 21 of&nbsp;Mansfield Park. We talk about Fanny&#8217;s moral trajectory during the theatricals, Mary&#8217;s casual acceptance of Henry&#8217;s behaviour with Maria, the cliffhanger ending of Volume 1 in the first edition, and Fanny&#8217;s question to Sir Thomas about the slave trade (with Harriet&#8217;s theory as to why she &#8230; <a title=\"Mansfield Park: Episode 5, Chapters 17-21\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/22\/mansfield-park-episode-5-chapters-17-21\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Mansfield Park<\/em>: Episode 5, Chapters 17-21<\/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":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":501,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions\/501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}