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Wainwright, Valerie, 1951-

Ethics and the English novel from Austen to Forster [electronic resource] / Valerie Wainwright. - Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007. - 216 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-208) and index.

Modes and sensibilities : varieties of ethical thought -- Narrative perspectives -- On being un/reasonable : Mansfield Park and the limits of persuasion -- Discovering autonomy and authenticity in North and south : Elizabeth Gaskell, John Stuart Mill, and the liberal ethic -- On goods, virtues and Hard times -- Anatomizing excellence : Middlemarch, moral saints and the languages of belief -- The magic in Mentalité : Hardy's native returns -- Howards End and the confession of imperfection.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA680170 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethics in literature.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR868.E67 / W35 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.809384