Jane Austen's Emma : philosophical perspectives /

What has Emma Woodhouse to say to a discipline like philosophy? The minutia of daily living on which Jane Austen's 'Emma' concentrates our attention permit a closer look at human emotions and motives. Emma shows how friendships can affect one's ways of dealing with the world, how...

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Philosophical perspectives
1. Verfasser:
Dadlez, E. M. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Zusammenfassung:
What has Emma Woodhouse to say to a discipline like philosophy? The minutia of daily living on which Jane Austen's 'Emma' concentrates our attention permit a closer look at human emotions and motives. Emma shows how friendships can affect one's ways of dealing with the world, how shame can reconfigure self-understanding. That is, Emma leads us to think philosophically.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xvi, 246 pages).
Anmerkungen:
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-068944-7
0-19-068945-5
0-19-068943-9
Schlagworte:
Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817. > Emma.
Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817 > Philosophy.
Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817 > Criticism and interpretation.
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