Mirrors to one another : emotion and value in Jane Austen and David Hume / E.M. Dadlez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dadlez, E. M. (Eva M.), 1956-

Series:

New directions in aesthetics ; 8.

New directions in aesthetics ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Philosophy.

Austen, Jane.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Ethics.

Hume, David, 1711-1776--Ethics.

Hume, David.

Hume, David, 1711-1776.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.

Literature and morals.

Ethics in literature.

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Ethics.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xv, 234 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Contents:

1 How Literature Can Be a Thought Experiment: Alternatives to and Elaborations of Original Accounts 1

2 Literary Form and Philosophical Content 20

3 Kantian and Aristotelian Accounts of Austen 37

4 Hume and Austen on Pleasure, Sentiment, and Virtue 58

5 Hume and Austen on Sympathy 76

6 Hume's General Point of View and the Novels of Jane Austen 88

7 The Useful and the Good in Hume and Austen 100

8 Aesthetics and Humean Aesthetic Norms in the Novels of Jane Austen 114

9 Hume and Austen on Good People and Good Reasoning 135

10 “Lovers,” “Friends,” and other Endearing Appellations: Marriage in Hume and Austen 157

11 Hume and Austen on Pride 168

12 Hume and Austen on Jealousy, Envy, Malice, and the Principle of Comparison 181

13 Indolence and Industry in Hume and Austen 195

14 What Hume's Philosophy Contributes to Our Understanding of Austen's Fiction; what Austen's Fiction Contributes to Our Understanding of Hume's Philosophy 206.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-228) and index.

ISBN:

9781405193481

1405193484

OCLC:

295046322