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Jane Austen’s Philosophy of the Virtues
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- ISBN
- 9781403969668
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-10
1403969663
ISBN-13
9781403969668
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45994627
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
Xi, 202 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Jane Austen's Philosophy of the Virtues
Publication Year
2005
Subject
European / General, General, Modern / 19th Century, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
15 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-046426
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
823.7
Table Of Content
How Should I Live My Life? The Virtues According to Aristotle, Aquinas, and Austen Propriety's Claims on Prudence in Lady Susan and Northanger Abbey Sense and Sensibility : 'Know Your Own Happiness' Pride and Prejudice and the Beauty of Justice Fanny Price and the Contemplative Life Learning the Art of Charity in Emma Balancing the Virtues in Persuasion After Austen
Synopsis
This book examines Austen's novels within their philosophical and religious contexts, and demonstrates that both classical and theological virtues are central to her work. In fresh readings of the six completed novels, plus Lady Susan, Emsley shows how Austen's complex representations of the tensions among the virtues shape the morality of her characters and their societies., This book examines the ways in which Jane Austen's novels offer complex imaginative representations of both the tensions among, and the possibilities for, the practice of both the classical and the theological virtues., This book examines Austen's novels in relation to her philosophical and religious context, demonstrating that the combination of the classical and theological traditions of the virtues is central to her work. Austen's heroines learn to confront the fundamental ethical question of how to live their lives. Instead of defining virtue only in the narrow sense of female sexual virtue, Austen opens up questions about a plurality of virtues. In fresh readings of the six completed novels, plus Lady Susan, Emsley shows how Austen's complex imaginative representations of the tensions among the virtues engage with and expand on classical and Christian ethical thought., This book examines Austen's novels within their philosophical and religious contexts, and demonstrates that both classical and theological virtues are central to her work. In fresh readings of the six completed novels, plus" Lady Susan, Emsley shows how Austen's complex representations of the tensions among the virtues shape the morality of her characters and their societies.
LC Classification Number
PN849.E87-.E872
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