In the following essay originally published in 1984, Yeazell presents an anthropological study of Mansfield Park, focusing on the novel's concern with transgressed boundaries, such as the anxiety associated with the taint of spiritual pollution.

In the following essay, Perkins examines Mansfield Park for its juxtaposition of two traditions of literary comedy—the sentimental humor of feminine development and Restoration wit.

In the following essay, McDonnell evaluates Mansfield Park as a Bildungsroman that deals authentically with feminine childhood experience.

In the following essay, Halperin contends that Mansfield Park is Austen's most autobiographical novel, and considers the work's affinity with Austen's other novels.

In the following essay, Kaufmann sees Mansfield Park as primarily concerned with the responsibilities of family, rather than the contractual obligations of marriage.

In the following essay originally published in 1989, Said evaluates Mansfield Park as a pre-imperialist text.

In the following essay, Kirkham outlines the irony of Fanny Price's characterization in Mansfield Park as it subtly mocks the sentimental conduct-book ideal of womanhood.

In the following essay, Auerbach considers Fanny Price as a version of the Romantic monster.

In the following excerpt originally published in 1975, Butler explores the ideological conflicts—particularly between Fanny Price's Christianity and the Crawford's materialism—in Mansfield Park.

In the following essay, Bevan discusses acting and fiction-making as inauthentic forms of self-expression in Mansfield Park.

In the following excerpt, Wiltshire probes the psychological focus and narrative technique of Mansfield Park.