Relations between literature and ethics are currently the subject of much discussion amongst critics and philosophers alike. Dominic Rainsford furthers this debate by examining ways in which texts may appear to comment on their authors' own ethical status - problematical disclosures which are s...

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1. Verfasser:	Rainsford, Dominic 1965- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Basingstoke [u.a.] Macmillan [u.a.] 1997
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Blake, William <1757-1827> > Ethics Dickens, Charles <1812-1870> > Ethics Joyce, James <1882-1941> > Ethics Dickens, Charles > 1812-1870 Joyce, James > 1882-1941 Blake, William > 1757-1827 Ethik Geschichte Authors and readers > Great Britain > History Authorship > Moral and ethical aspects Didactic literature, English > History and criticism Ethics in literature Literature and morals Moral conditions in literature Reader-response criticism Autor Großbritannien
Zusammenfassung:	Relations between literature and ethics are currently the subject of much discussion amongst critics and philosophers alike. Dominic Rainsford furthers this debate by examining ways in which texts may appear to comment on their authors' own ethical status - problematical disclosures which are significant for any reader who wishes to relate literature to moral issues in extra-literary life. He pursues these matters through readings of Blake, Dickens and Joyce, three authors who find vivid ways of casting doubt on their own moral authority, with the result that the reader's perception of the author becomes closely linked to the social ills exposed within his texts. Combining the desire to find ethical significance in literature with a sceptical mode of reading, informed by post-structuralist theory, the book thus develops a type of radical humanism with applications far beyond the three authors with whom it is immediately concerned.
Beschreibung:	XIV, 250 S.
ISBN:	0333669711 0312165447