Jane Austen And The Ethics Of Description

Author : Brett Bourbon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100078083X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen and the Ethics of Description written by Brett Bourbon and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Austen and the Ethics of Description demonstrates that Elizabeth Bennet and her creator are misunderstood, and often unrecognized, geniuses of moral philosophy, but not simply because of their virtue or wit or natural skills in game theory. The engine driving the moral judgement and growth of Austen’s protagonists consists of a particular and not well-understood ability to reason by description, a skill which we moderns must recover and remaster in order to negotiate the complexities of contemporary life. The forms of rational description this book derives from Austen will be of great interest not only to literary critics and theorists, but also to philosophers and anyone interested in ethics, the dynamics of power, and practical reasoning. Written in a clear style, the book is for those who love Austen and for those who want to understand how we should reason about our lives, how we should understand power, social conflict, and our own motives and prejudices. It is a literary analysis, a philosophical argument, and a practical guide to ethical thinking.

Author : Joyce Kerr Tarpley
Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 0813217903
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Constancy and the Ethics of Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park' written by Joyce Kerr Tarpley and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constancy and the Ethics of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park offers a rigorous philosophical examination of the novel, the first book-length, close reading to do so.

Author : E. M. Dadlez
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9781444310405
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mirrors to One Another written by E. M. Dadlez and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling exploration of the convergence of Jane Austen’sliterary themes and characters with David Hume’s views onmorality and human nature. Argues that the normative perspectives endorsed in JaneAusten's novels are best characterized in terms of a Humeanapproach, and that the merits of Hume's account of ethical,aesthetic and epistemic virtue are vividly illustrated by Austen'swriting. Illustrates how Hume and Austen complement one another, eachproviding a lens that allows us to expand and elaborate on theideas of the other Proposes that literature may serve as a thought experiment,articulating hypothetical cases which allow the reader to test hermoral intuitions Contributes to ongoing debates on the philosophy of literature,ethics, and emotion

Author : Jane Nardin
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873952361
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Those Elegant Decorums written by Jane Nardin and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the way in which Austen blends ironic criticism with moral affirmation through her complex and little-understood management of the narrative point of view.

Author : S. Emsley
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 140397828X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen’s Philosophy of the Virtues written by S. Emsley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-10-13 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 tensions among the virtues engage with and expand on classical and Christian ethical thought.

Author : LeRoy W Smith
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349171840
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen And The Drama Of Women written by LeRoy W Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 1983-09-29 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mimi Marinucci
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442257105
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen and Philosophy written by Mimi Marinucci and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generations of readers have fallen in love with Jane Austen’s timeless tales of eighteenth-century English life. Even casual readers comprehend that these classic novels are not just love stories. They offer keen insights into various aspects of the human condition, such as interpersonal relationships, social conventions, and morality. Jane Austen and Philosophy offers all fans of Austen’s work an introduction to the incredible depth of this English novelist’s stories by probing, for example, the struggles of Elizabeth and Jane Bennett, Emma Woodhouse, and Elinor and Marianne Dashwood as they face societal pressures and their own desires. As the second book in the new Great Authors and Philosophy series,Jane Austen and Philosophy explores questions about morality and duty, propriety and dignity, and obligation and happiness that sheds new light on the works of this classic author and reveals deep issues still relevant to the men and women of society today.

Author : Stuart M. Tave
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022663339X
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Some Words of Jane Austen written by Stuart M. Tave and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Austen’s readers continue to find delight in the justness of her moral and psychological discriminations. But for most readers, her values have been a phenomenon more felt than fully apprehended. In this book, Stuart M. Tave identifies and explains a number of the central concepts across Austen’s novels—examining how words like “odd,” “exertion,” and, of course, “sensibility,” hold the key to understanding the Regency author’s language of moral values. Tracing the force and function of these words from Sense and Sensibility to Persuasion, Tave invites us to consider the peculiar and subtle ways in which word choice informs the conduct, moral standing, and self-awareness of Austen’s remarkable characters.

Author : Bharat Tandon
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 184331391X
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen and the Morality of Conversation written by Bharat Tandon and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2003-03 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ingeniously innovative analysis of Jane Austen's work, a highly respected and engaging critical study.

Author : Enit Karafili Steiner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317322533
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen's Civilized Women written by Enit Karafili Steiner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Austen’s six complete novels and her juvenilia are examined in the context of civil society and gender. Steiner’s study uses a variety of contexts to appraise Austen’s work: Scottish Enlightenment theories of societal development, early-Romantic discourses on gender roles, modern sociological theories on the civilizing process.