Mansfield Park and the Mechanics of Power

Colonial Wealth, Authoritarianism, and the Suppression of Dissent

A note on this post: The following contains interpretative extensions and theoretical applications of Austen's work to modern issues, rather than direct commentaries by Austen herself. The themes of Mansfield Park examined here, while conceptually interesting, are anachronistic. Such interpretations are framed as potentially reflective of the issues I discuss rather than direct commentaries on them.