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Autore |
Gregory Marshall W. <1940-> |
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Shaped by stories : the ethical power of narratives / / Marshall Gregory |
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Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2009 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - Study and teaching |
American literature - Study and teaching |
Ethics in literature |
Literature and morals |
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Formato |
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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Intro -- Title Page -- Shaped by Stories -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Reading for Life -- 2. What Is Ethical Agency, Why Should You Care, and What Do Stories Have to Do with Your Ethical Agency? -- 3. For Good or Ill -- 4. Stories and the Ethics of Experience -- 5. Judgment that Bites, Assent that Risks -- 6. Story as Companionship -- 7. Ethics of Narrative in a Practical Vein: Ethical Invitations in Katherine Anne Porter's "The Grave" -- 8. Ethics of Narrative in a Practical Vein Once More: Invitations to Misogyny in James Thurber's "The Catbird Seat" -- 9. Ethical Engagements Over Time: Reading and Rereading David Copperfield and Wuthering Heights -- 10. Postscript -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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