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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 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| 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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