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The burdens of perfection [[electronic resource] ] : on ethics and reading in nineteenth-century British literature / / Andrew H. Miller
| The burdens of perfection [[electronic resource] ] : on ethics and reading in nineteenth-century British literature / / Andrew H. Miller |
| Autore | Miller Andrew H. <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/384 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Didactic literature, English - History and criticism Perfection in literature Ethics in literature Literature and morals Books and reading - Moral and ethical aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8014-6083-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Resisting, Conspiring, Completing: An Introduction -- Part I. The Narrative of Improvement -- 1. Skepticism and Perfectionism I: Mechanization and Desire -- 2. Skepticism and Perfectionism II: Weakness of Will -- Interlude: Critical Free Indirect Discourse -- 3. Reading Thoughts: Casuistry and Transfiguration -- Part II. The Moral Psychology of Improvement -- 4. Perfectly Helpless -- 5. Responsiveness, Knowingness, and John Henry Newman -- 6. The Knowledge of Shame -- 7. On Lives Unled -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456737403321 |
Miller Andrew H. <1964->
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| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The burdens of perfection [[electronic resource] ] : on ethics and reading in nineteenth-century British literature / / Andrew H. Miller
| The burdens of perfection [[electronic resource] ] : on ethics and reading in nineteenth-century British literature / / Andrew H. Miller |
| Autore | Miller Andrew H. <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/384 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Didactic literature, English - History and criticism Perfection in literature Ethics in literature Literature and morals Books and reading - Moral and ethical aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| ISBN | 0-8014-6083-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Resisting, Conspiring, Completing: An Introduction -- Part I. The Narrative of Improvement -- 1. Skepticism and Perfectionism I: Mechanization and Desire -- 2. Skepticism and Perfectionism II: Weakness of Will -- Interlude: Critical Free Indirect Discourse -- 3. Reading Thoughts: Casuistry and Transfiguration -- Part II. The Moral Psychology of Improvement -- 4. Perfectly Helpless -- 5. Responsiveness, Knowingness, and John Henry Newman -- 6. The Knowledge of Shame -- 7. On Lives Unled -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781210803321 |
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Miller Andrew H. <1964->
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| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The burdens of perfection : on ethics and reading in nineteenth-century British literature / / Andrew H. Miller
| The burdens of perfection : on ethics and reading in nineteenth-century British literature / / Andrew H. Miller |
| Autore | Miller Andrew H. <1964-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/384 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Didactic literature, English - History and criticism Perfection in literature Ethics in literature Literature and morals Books and reading - Moral and ethical aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| ISBN | 0-8014-6083-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Resisting, Conspiring, Completing: An Introduction -- Part I. The Narrative of Improvement -- 1. Skepticism and Perfectionism I: Mechanization and Desire -- 2. Skepticism and Perfectionism II: Weakness of Will -- Interlude: Critical Free Indirect Discourse -- 3. Reading Thoughts: Casuistry and Transfiguration -- Part II. The Moral Psychology of Improvement -- 4. Perfectly Helpless -- 5. Responsiveness, Knowingness, and John Henry Newman -- 6. The Knowledge of Shame -- 7. On Lives Unled -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817860203321 |
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Miller Andrew H. <1964->
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| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hellenism and homosexuality in Victorian Oxford / / Linda Dowling
| Hellenism and homosexuality in Victorian Oxford / / Linda Dowling |
| Autore | Dowling Linda C. <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
| Disciplina | 480/.71/141 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Homosexuality and literature - England - History - 19th century Greek philology - Study and teaching - England - Oxford - History - 19th century Classicism - England - Oxford - History - 19th century Gay men - England - Oxford - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6873-6
1-322-50354-0 0-8014-6874-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Aesthete and Effeminatus -- 2. Victorian Manhood and The Warrior Ideal -- 3. The Socratic Eros -- 4. The Higher Sodomy -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464826203321 |
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Dowling Linda C. <1944->
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| Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 1994 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hellenism and homosexuality in Victorian Oxford / / Linda Dowling
| Hellenism and homosexuality in Victorian Oxford / / Linda Dowling |
| Autore | Dowling Linda C. <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
| Disciplina | 480/.71/141 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Homosexuality and literature - England - History - 19th century Greek philology - Study and teaching - England - Oxford - History - 19th century Classicism - England - Oxford - History - 19th century Gay men - England - Oxford - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6873-6
1-322-50354-0 0-8014-6874-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Aesthete and Effeminatus -- 2. Victorian Manhood and The Warrior Ideal -- 3. The Socratic Eros -- 4. The Higher Sodomy -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789333603321 |
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Dowling Linda C. <1944->
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| Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 1994 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hellenism and homosexuality in Victorian Oxford / / Linda Dowling
| Hellenism and homosexuality in Victorian Oxford / / Linda Dowling |
| Autore | Dowling Linda C. <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
| Disciplina | 480/.71/141 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Homosexuality and literature - England - History - 19th century Greek philology - Study and teaching - England - Oxford - History - 19th century Classicism - England - Oxford - History - 19th century Gay men - England - Oxford - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6873-6
1-322-50354-0 0-8014-6874-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Aesthete and Effeminatus -- 2. Victorian Manhood and The Warrior Ideal -- 3. The Socratic Eros -- 4. The Higher Sodomy -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821631203321 |
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Dowling Linda C. <1944->
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| Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 1994 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The lotus and the lion [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhism and the British Empire / / J. Jeffrey Franklin
| The lotus and the lion [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhism and the British Empire / / J. Jeffrey Franklin |
| Autore | Franklin J. Jeffrey |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/382943 |
| Soggetto topico |
Buddhism in literature
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism Buddhism - Study and teaching - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8014-5859-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The life of the Buddha in Victorian Britain -- Buddhism and the emergence of late-Victorian hybrid religions -- Romances of reincarnation, karma, and desire -- Buddhism and the empire of the self in Kipling's Kim -- Conclusion : the afterlife of Nirvana -- Appendix 1 : selective chronology of events in the European encounter with Buddhism -- Appendix 2 : summary of selected Buddhist tenets. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459940403321 |
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Franklin J. Jeffrey
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| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The lotus and the lion [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhism and the British Empire / / J. Jeffrey Franklin
| The lotus and the lion [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhism and the British Empire / / J. Jeffrey Franklin |
| Autore | Franklin J. Jeffrey |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/382943 |
| Soggetto topico |
Buddhism in literature
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism Buddhism - Study and teaching - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| ISBN | 0-8014-5859-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The life of the Buddha in Victorian Britain -- Buddhism and the emergence of late-Victorian hybrid religions -- Romances of reincarnation, karma, and desire -- Buddhism and the empire of the self in Kipling's Kim -- Conclusion : the afterlife of Nirvana -- Appendix 1 : selective chronology of events in the European encounter with Buddhism -- Appendix 2 : summary of selected Buddhist tenets. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789835103321 |
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Franklin J. Jeffrey
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| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The lotus and the lion [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhism and the British Empire / / J. Jeffrey Franklin
| The lotus and the lion [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhism and the British Empire / / J. Jeffrey Franklin |
| Autore | Franklin J. Jeffrey |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/382943 |
| Soggetto topico |
Buddhism in literature
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism Buddhism - Study and teaching - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| ISBN | 0-8014-5859-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The life of the Buddha in Victorian Britain -- Buddhism and the emergence of late-Victorian hybrid religions -- Romances of reincarnation, karma, and desire -- Buddhism and the empire of the self in Kipling's Kim -- Conclusion : the afterlife of Nirvana -- Appendix 1 : selective chronology of events in the European encounter with Buddhism -- Appendix 2 : summary of selected Buddhist tenets. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812618803321 |
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Franklin J. Jeffrey
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| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Milton and the Victorians [[electronic resource] /] / Erik Gray
| Milton and the Victorians [[electronic resource] /] / Erik Gray |
| Autore | Gray Erik Irving <1972-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
| Disciplina | 821/.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Criticism - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8014-5865-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Dark with excessive bright : the Victorian Milton -- Milton as classic, Milton as Bible -- Milton, Arnold, and the might of weakness -- Milton and Tennyson : diffusive power -- Middlemarch and Milton's troubled transmissions -- The heirs of Milton. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460024703321 |
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Gray Erik Irving <1972->
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| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
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- American literature - 19th century - History and criticism (3)
- Books and reading - Moral and ethical aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century (3)
- Buddhism - Study and teaching - Great Britain - History - 19th century (3)