tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post5926825481401970938..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: A fifth Jane Austen character speaksMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-90954764300484212282009-01-01T13:11:00.000-06:002009-01-01T13:11:00.000-06:00I don't doubt it — I just don't remember them. I'l...I don't doubt it — I just don't remember them. I'll be on the lookout for them.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-38174225978529075252009-01-01T11:06:00.000-06:002009-01-01T11:06:00.000-06:00True, but there are also allusions of the dangers ...True, but there are also allusions of the dangers of being Frenchified. ;)Slywyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01424323662407341123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-11467263748014763242009-01-01T10:17:00.000-06:002009-01-01T10:17:00.000-06:00Also, Edmund to Mary, re: London: "'We do not look...Also, Edmund to Mary, re: London: "'We do not look in great cities for our best morality."Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-5514910390093674332009-01-01T09:07:00.000-06:002009-01-01T09:07:00.000-06:00I was thinking of this passage: "Fanny was dispose...I was thinking of this passage: "Fanny was disposed to think the influence of London very much at war with all respectable attachments. She saw the proof of it in Miss Crawford, as well as in her cousins," et cetera. I don't remember Europe turning up -- maybe in the conservations during the theatricals?<BR/><BR/>With the Prices: isn't it breathtaking that Susan's fate is to become the "stationary niece"? Yipes!Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-56029609272353153162009-01-01T02:08:00.000-06:002009-01-01T02:08:00.000-06:00It's not so much the city as the continent. I reme...It's not so much the city as the continent. I remember reading in the intro that the Crawfords have been exposed to the French. Horrors!<BR/><BR/>Fanny is often seen as weak, but I noticed throughout that she is very argumentative, both self-righteously and righteously. I wouldn't call her weak. Stubborn. I also think it's interesting that the Prices produced at least three children who are portrayed as salt of the earth, compared to some of the Bertrams.Slywyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01424323662407341123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-13473913703695832542008-12-31T10:26:00.000-06:002008-12-31T10:26:00.000-06:00Yes, the presentation of "the city" as a source of...Yes, the presentation of "the city" as a source of corruption is unmistakable.<BR/><BR/>Mary Crawford seems to be a lovely nihilist (think of her reaction to Tom's illness), much worse than her brother. But then again, the moral/social codes she rejects send Maria into permanent exile. <BR/><BR/>I'm teaching this novel in January, and I'm curious about what my students will make of Fanny's place in this world -- the ways in which she conforms and doesn't conform.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-77642974143496066952008-12-31T10:01:00.000-06:002008-12-31T10:01:00.000-06:00The discussion about "evil" in Mansfield Park is f...The discussion about "evil" in Mansfield Park is fascinating. Miss Crawford is "evil" because she is not strict (e.g., she is not appalled by the actual events as by the reputation they lead to); she is not strict because she is cosmopolitan. It presages Victorian literature that struggled with the dichotomy between science and religion, aristocracy and merchant class, local concerns vs. broader ones, the different view of the sexes and their roles, and so forth (e.g., Gaskell).Slywyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01424323662407341123noreply@blogger.com