Ethics and the English novel from Austen to Forster /
Wainwright, Valerie, 1951-
Ethics and the English novel from Austen to Forster / Valerie Wainwright. - Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007. - 1 online resource (216 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index.
Modes and sensibilities : varieties of ethical thought -- Narrative perspectives -- On being un/reasonable : Mansfield Park and the limits of persuasion -- Discovering autonomy and authenticity in North and south : Elizabeth Gaskell, John Stuart Mill, and the liberal ethic -- On goods, virtues and Hard times -- Anatomizing excellence : Middlemarch, moral saints and the languages of belief -- The magic in Mentalité : Hardy's native returns -- Howards End and the confession of imperfection.
Focusing on major works by Austen, Gaskell, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, and Forster, Valerie Wainwright draws upon new research to trace the ways in which the ethical interests and ideas of philosophers and intellectuals, both famous and obscure, were taken up and reappraised as authors tackled the implications of an expansive ethics of well-being and self-fulfillment.
English.
9780754684183 (electronic bk.) 0754684180 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (alk. paper) 1317141229 9781317141228 1317141210 9781317141211 1281104159 9781281104151 9786611104153 6611104151
GBA680170 bnb
Uk
1800-1999
1800-talet
Ethics in literature.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Morale dans la littérature.
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction.
Ethics in literature.
Etik i litteraturen.
Engelsk litteratur--historia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR868.E67 / W35 2007eb
823/.809384
Ethics and the English novel from Austen to Forster / Valerie Wainwright. - Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007. - 1 online resource (216 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index.
Modes and sensibilities : varieties of ethical thought -- Narrative perspectives -- On being un/reasonable : Mansfield Park and the limits of persuasion -- Discovering autonomy and authenticity in North and south : Elizabeth Gaskell, John Stuart Mill, and the liberal ethic -- On goods, virtues and Hard times -- Anatomizing excellence : Middlemarch, moral saints and the languages of belief -- The magic in Mentalité : Hardy's native returns -- Howards End and the confession of imperfection.
Focusing on major works by Austen, Gaskell, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, and Forster, Valerie Wainwright draws upon new research to trace the ways in which the ethical interests and ideas of philosophers and intellectuals, both famous and obscure, were taken up and reappraised as authors tackled the implications of an expansive ethics of well-being and self-fulfillment.
English.
9780754684183 (electronic bk.) 0754684180 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (alk. paper) 1317141229 9781317141228 1317141210 9781317141211 1281104159 9781281104151 9786611104153 6611104151
GBA680170 bnb
Uk
1800-1999
1800-talet
Ethics in literature.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Morale dans la littérature.
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction.
Ethics in literature.
Etik i litteraturen.
Engelsk litteratur--historia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR868.E67 / W35 2007eb
823/.809384