Dadlez Mirrors to One Another

Emotion and Value in Jane Austen and David Hume
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1040-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: New Directions in Aesthetics

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dadlez, E. M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
1. How Literature Can Be a Thought Experiment: Alternatives toand Elaborations of Original Accounts.
2. Literary Form and Philosophical Content.
3. Kantian and Artistotelian Accounts of Austen.
4. Hume and Austen on Pleasure, Sentiment, and Virtue.
5. Hume and Austen on Sympathy.
6. Hume's General Point of View and the Novels of JaneAusten.
7. The Useful and the Good in Hume and Austen.
8. Aesthetics and Humean Aesthetic Norms in the Novels of JaneAusten.
9. Hume and Austen on Good People and Good Reasoning.
10. 'Lovers,' 'Friends,' and other EndearingAppellations.
11. Hume and Austen on Pride.
12. Hume and Austen on Jealousy, Envy, Malice and the Principleof Comparison.
13. Indolence and Industry in Hume and Austen.
14. What Hume's Philosophy Contributes to OurUnderstanding of Austen's Fiction; What Austen'sFiction Contributes to Our Understanding of Hume'sPhilosophy

Über Autor(innen)

E.M. Dadlez is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Central Oklahoma. She has published in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, the British Journal of Aesthetics, Philosophy and Literature, and Hume Studies. She is also the author of What's Hecuba to Him? Fictional Events and Actual Emotions (1997).