Harrington

by Maria Edgeworth

Overview

Maria Edgeworth was a prominent Anglo-Irish writer who was a major influence in the development of the novel in Europe. Edgeworth was a prolific author who held advanced views on topics most women of her time were not involved in. Edgeworth and Jane Austen were considered to be the greatest female authors of the early 19th century. Harrington, published in 1817, is a novel told as an autobiography by a recovering anti-Semite. The book is set between the Jewish Naturalization Act and the Gordon Riots. The book is notable for making parallels between the discrimination of Jews and Catholics in Ireland.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781986405546
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/11/2018
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Susan Manly is a Lecturer in the School of English, University of St. Andrews. She is the editor of Maria Edgeworth’s Harrington and Practical Education, and the co-editor of her novels Helen and Leonora (Pickering and Chatto).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Maria Edgeworth: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text

Harrington

Appendix A: Correspondence between Maria Edgeworth and Rachel Mordecai Lazarus

Appendix B: From John Toland’s Letters to Serena (1704) and Reasons for Naturalizing the Jews (1714)

Appendix C: From Isaac D’Israeli’s Monthly Magazine article on Moses Mendelssohn (1798)

Appendix D: Contemporary reviews of Harrington

1. From the Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (August 1817)
2. From the Edinburgh Review (August 1817)

Select Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

Psychologically acute and politically engaged, Harrington is a novel ahead of its time. Susan Manly’s edition of the 1817 text brings out the rich variety of religious, political and philosophical influences which shape Edgeworth’s fascinating work.” — Caroline Gonda, St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge

“Susan Manly’s new edition of Harrington, the first modern edition of Maria Edgeworth’s fascinating tale of the psychology and politics of prejudice, is wonderful. In addition to the marvelous introductory essay, Manly has edited and annotated the text generously with thoughtful notes, which are in turn supported by key primary readings, sources, and contemporary reviews. This edition will be a welcome addition to the libraries of general readers and academics alike.” — Judith W. Page, University of Florida

“A fine addition to Broadview’s well-edited and richly contextualized library of Romantic-era fiction and poetry, this edition will be of value to those interested in the position of the Jew in English literary history, as well as the intersecting fields of Romantic-era women’s writing, Irish literature, the history and philosophy of education, the national tale, and Romantic cosmopolitanism. Harrington offers astute insight into the psychology of prejudice and the sociopolitical structures by which it is perpetuated.” — Judith Thompson, Dalhousie University

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