An Interpretation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park

<p><em>Mansfield Park</em> is in essence a tapestry of allusions to various works of literature and events in history to which Jane Austen left abundant clues. This book is about finding and interpreting those clues. Works of literature alluded to include among others Spenser's <em>The Faerie Queene</em> Dante's <em>Inferno</em> and Milton's <em>Paradise Lost</em>. Events in history alluded to include the slavery issue of Jane Austen's day the American Revolution the Battle of Actium the Battle of Trafalgar and the then-looming War of 1812.</p>