The politics of silence: "Mansfield Park" and the amelioration of slavery

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The concept of the amelioration of slavery as highlighted in Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park" and the cultural moment of the silence in a scene are discussed. "Mansfield Park" demonstrates that silence did not mean complicity and speech did not indicate resistance to the empire in the context of the slave trade.

United Kingdom, Evaluation, Authors, Writers, Works, Slave trade, Austen, Jane, Critical essay, Mansfield Park (Novel)

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"It lak'th but life": Redford's 'Wit and Science,' Anne of Cleves, and the politics of interpetation

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The author examines how portraits played political and theatrical roles in early Renaissance England. The parallel between how Henry VIII treated Anne of Cleves, having first seen her portrait by Hans Holbein, and how playwright John Redford portrayed courtship in 'The Boke Named the Gouernor' is analyzed.

Social aspects, Behavior, Political aspects, Portrayals, Critical Essay, Hermeneutics, Portraits, Courtship, Henry VIII, King of England, Literary criticism, English literature, 1485-1603 (English Renaissance period), English literature, 1500-1660 (Renaissance), Anne of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King England, Redford, John

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Hellenic magazines of science fiction

Article Abstract:

The author discusses the history of science fiction magazine publication in Greece. Focus is given to the early rejection of science fiction as pro-American and as a subliterary form.

Greece, Literature, Science fiction

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