Jane Austen in the Context of Abolition
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Jane Austen in the Context of Abolition

'a fling at the slave trade'

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eBook - PDF

Jane Austen in the Context of Abolition

'a fling at the slave trade'

About this book

This wide-ranging and convincingly argued study looks at the issues of and attitudes towards slavery in Jane Austen's later novels and culture, and argues against Edward Said's critique of Jane Austen as a supporter of colonialism and slavery. White suggests that Austen is both concerned and engaged with the issue, and that novels such as Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion not only presuppose the British outlawing of the transatlantic slave trade but also undermine the status quo of chattel slavery, slavery's most extreme form.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Preface
  5. 1 'We have no slaves at home – then why abroad?'
  6. Part I The Chawton Novels
  7. Part II The Context in which Jane Austen Wrote the Chawton Novels
  8. Appendix 1 On Colonization: Samuel Johnson, The Idler, 1759
  9. Appendix 2 Argument Against Slavery: Samuel Johnson, 1777
  10. Appendix 3 William Cowper's 1785 The Task: extract quoted by Thomas Clarkson 1807
  11. Notes
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index