Reading ideas in Victorian literature : literary content as artistic experience / Patrick Fessenbecker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fessenbecker, Patrick, author.

Series:

Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.

Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 244 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Argues against the repeated emphasis on literary form and for the artistic importance of literary content.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Series Editor’s Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: In Defence of Paraphrase

1. Content and Form

2. Anthony Trollope on Akrasia, Self-Deception and Ethical Confusion

3. Justifying Anachronism

4. The Scourge of the Unwilling: George Eliot on the Sources of Normativity

5. Everyday Aesthetics and the Experience of the Profound

6. Robert Browning, Augusta Webster and the Role of Morality

Epilogue: Between Immersion and Critique – Thoughtful Reading

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Oct 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-6063-1

1-4744-8481-6

1-4744-6062-3

OCLC:

1312726705