Austen's Oughts - 9780874130829
Un libro in lingua di Karen Valihora edito da Associated Univ Pr, 2010
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Austen's characters in Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816) obsess over 'oughts': what ought to be done, and what one ought to say, feel, and spend. This theme is more prominent in her novels than in those of other major 18th century novelists, points out Valihora (English literature, York U., Toronto). Making the case that the tension between propriety's oughts and the ought of moral idealism that Austen treats is analogous to an aesthetic sense of balance, she reads theories of moral and aesthetic judgement by philosophers John Locke and Anthony Ashley Cooper (Third Earl of Shaftesbury), and artist Sir Joshua Reynolds, among others. Distributed by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Austen's Oughts
- Sottotitolo: Judgment After Locke and Shaftesbury
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Karen Valihora
- Editore: Associated Univ Pr
- Collana: Associated Univ Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 30 Gennaio '10
- Genere: LITERARY CRITICISM
- Argomenti : Judgment in literature Judgment (Ethics) Great Britain History 18th century English literature 18th century History and criticism
- Pagine: 363
- Dimensioni mm: 234 x 165 x 31
- ISBN-10: 0874130824
- EAN-13: 9780874130829