The burdens of perfection : on ethics and reading in nineteenth-century British literature / Andrew H. Miller.

Main entry:

Miller, Andrew H., 1964-

Title & Author:

The burdens of perfection : on ethics and reading in nineteenth-century British literature / Andrew H. Miller.

Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010, 2008.

Description:

xiv, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
pt. 1. The narrative of improvement -- Skepticism and perfectionism I: mechanization and desire -- Skepticism and perfectionism II: weakness of will -- Interlude: critical free indirect discourse -- Reading thoughts: casuistry and transfiguration -- pt. 2. The moral psychology of improvement -- Perfectly helpless -- Responsiveness, knowingness, and John Henry Newman -- The knowledge of shame -- On lives unled.

Summary:

This is a study of moral perfectionism in 19th century British culture. Reading the essayists and novelists of the period, Andrew H. Miller offers a response to Stanley Cavell's contribution to ethics and philosophy of mind.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780801477188 (pbk.)
0801477182 (pbk.)
(cloth ; alk. paper)
9780801446610
(cloth ; alk. paper)
0801446619

Subject:

English literature 19th century History and criticism.
Didactic literature, English History and criticism.
Perfection in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Literature and morals.
Books and reading Moral and ethical aspects Great Britain History 19th century.
Littérature anglaise 19e siècle Histoire et critique.
Littérature didactique anglaise Histoire et critique.
Perfection dans la littérature.
Morale dans la littérature.
Littérature et morale.
Livres et lecture Aspect moral Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Books and reading Moral and ethical aspects.
Didactic literature, English.
English literature.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307630
Call No.: BIB 253101
Status: Available

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