| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) |
| Contents |
References to Jane Austen's works -- Introduction : how should I live my life? -- Ch. 1. The virtues according to Aristotle, Aquinas, and Austen -- Ch. 2. Propriety's claims on prudence in Lady Susan and Northanger Abbey -- Ch. 3. Sense and sensibility : "know your own happiness" -- Ch. 4. Pride and prejudice and the beauty of justice -- Ch. 5. Fanny price and the contemplative life -- Ch. 6. Learning the art of charity in Emma -- Ch. 7. Balancing the virtues in persuasion -- Conclusion : after Austen |
| Summary |
This book examines Austen's novels within their philosophical and religious contexts, and demonstrates that both classical and theological virtues are central to her work. In fresh readings of the six completed novels, plus Lady Susan, Emsley shows how Austen's complex representations of the tensions among the virtues shape the morality of her characters and their societies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Ethics
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| SUBJECT |
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 fast |
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century
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Didactic fiction, English -- History and criticism
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Moral conditions in literature.
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Virtues in literature.
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Ethics in literature.
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Virtue in literature.
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
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Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature.
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Didactic fiction, English
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Ethics
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Ethics in literature
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Moral conditions in literature
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Virtue in literature
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Virtues in literature
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Women and literature
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England
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781403978288 |
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140397828X |
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1281363758 |
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9781281363756 |
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9781403969668 |
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1403969663 |
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