Mansfield Park and Political Theology

This essay examines Jane Austen's Mansfield Park in the light of classical understandings of political theology. It does so by placing the novel in its Anglican and Erastian contexts as well as by showing that it belongs to a lineage of English prose fiction, whose famous names are Samuel Richa...

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Subtitles:Roundtable discussion: Political theology of literature
Authors: During, Simon 1950- (Author) ; O'Connell, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2018]
In: Political theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 7, Pages: 662-667
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Austen, Jane 1775-1817, Mansfield Park / Church of England / Political theology / Duty
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
CG Christianity and Politics
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KDE Anglican Church
NCB Personal ethics
Further subjects:B Jane Austen
B Political Theology
B Mansfield Park
B history of the novel
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Summary:This essay examines Jane Austen's Mansfield Park in the light of classical understandings of political theology. It does so by placing the novel in its Anglican and Erastian contexts as well as by showing that it belongs to a lineage of English prose fiction, whose famous names are Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding, which also had theopolitical interests.
Item Description:Das gedruckte Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen: "Volume 19 Numbers 7-8 November-December 2018"
ISSN:1743-1719
Contains:Enthalten in: Political theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1513201