Jane Austen?s Philosophy of the Vir - E-book

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Jane Austen?s Philosophy Of The Virtues - ENG

S. Emsley

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ISBN:	9781403978288
Formato:	Page Fidelity
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Ficción
Subtema:	Ficción
Año de publicación:	2005-10-13

This book examines Austens 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. Austens 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 Austens complex imaginative representations of the tensions among the virtues engage with and expand on classical and Christian ethical thought.

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