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UNINA9910816943103321 |
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Autore |
Emsley Sarah Baxter <1973-> |
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Titolo |
Jane Austen's philosophy of the virtues / / by Sarah Emsley |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36375-8 |
9786611363758 |
1-4039-7828-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2005.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XI, 202 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Women and literature - England - History - 19th century |
Didactic fiction, English - History and criticism |
Moral conditions in literature |
Virtues in literature |
Ethics in literature |
Virtue in literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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References to Jane Austen's works -- Introduction : how should I live my life? -- Ch. 1. The virtues according to Aristotle, Aquinas, and Austen -- Ch. 2. Propriety's claims on prudence in Lady Susan and Northanger Abbey -- Ch. 3. Sense and sensibility : "know your own happiness" -- Ch. 4. Pride and prejudice and the beauty of justice -- Ch. 5. Fanny price and the contemplative life -- Ch. 6. Learning the art of charity in Emma -- Ch. 7. Balancing the virtues in persuasion -- Conclusion : after Austen. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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