Jane Austen and Altruism

2020-02-26
Jane Austen and Altruism

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  • Author: Magdalen Ki
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000650618
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 293

Jane Austen and Altruism identifies a compelling theme, namely, the view that Jane Austen propounds a rigorous, boundary-sensitive model of altruism that counters the human propensity to selfishness and promotes the culture of cooperation. In her days, altruism was commonly known as "benevolence", "charity," or "philanthropy", and these concepts overlap with Auguste Comte’s later definition of altruism as "otherism". This volume argues that Austen’s thinking co-opts the evolutionary idea that altruism is seldom truly pure, egoism cannot be eradicated, and boundless group altruism is not sustainable. However, given that she comes from a naval and clergy family, she witnesses the power of wartime patriotism, the Evangelical revival, the Regency culture of politeness, and the sentimental novels. In her novels, she locates human relationships along an altruism continuum that ranges from enlightened selfishness to pathological altruism. Unconditional love is hard to find, but empathy, kin altruism, reciprocal exchange, and group altruism are key to the formation of self-identity, family, community and the nation state.

Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom

2023-03
Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom

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  • Author: Jane Austen
  • Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
  • ISBN: 1642970492
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 404

The ultimate companion for the Jane Austen fan filled with her penetrating insights and humor on life, love, and death. "A valuable resource for any Austen lover to use for quick reference or to read through." --Library Journal Jane Austen is one of the most popular female writers in history, best known for her stories of love, loss, and hope, which are cleverly intertwined with her witty insights into the traits and expectations of English Georgian society. Here, in this stunning little book, you will be able to read hundreds of individual quotes from her famous works--from Pride and Prejudice and Emma to Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility--each prompting an emotional response, thoughtful musing, or even a little snigger at the wise and shrewd perceptions that Austen had of the world around her. Utterly charming and very profound, fans of Jane Austen can revel in these much-loved quotes, while a new audience will be introduced to the joys that her books have provided since their publication many years ago. With each chapter focusing on a different theme--from Love & Longing to Female Strength--this gorgeous gift book is the perfect compilation of Austen's funny, moving, and thought-provoking words. Content of themes: Love & Longing Friendship Society Female Strength Life & Death Faith Art & Literature "The wit of Jane Austen has for a partner the perfection of her taste." --Virginia Woolf

Jane Austen's Little Instruction Book

2008-06
Jane Austen's Little Instruction Book

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  • Author: Sophia Bedford-Pierce
  • Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
  • ISBN: 144130181X
  • Category : Literary Collections
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 81

Jane Austen and Leisure

1998-07-01
Jane Austen and Leisure

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  • Author: David Selwyn
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 0826446671
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 384

Jane Austen's novels portray a leisured society of gentlemen and ladies who do not need to work. Even the minority of clergymen, soldiers and sailors - men with professions - are almost never seen working. Jane Austen herself, despite responsibility for some domestic tasks, wrote as a woman of leisure. Yet leisure, the distinguishing mark of a gentleman, was not meant to be an excuse for idleness. The proper use of leisure to fulfil duties, to read and to think, and above all to pursue social relations in a world where family and marriage for the propertied was of central importance, was a vital test of character.

The Making of Jane Austen

2017-06-27
The Making of Jane Austen

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  • Author: Devoney Looser
  • Publisher: JHU Press
  • ISBN: 1421422824
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 309

"Returning author Devoney Looser has written a study of Jane Austen's legacy in high and popular culture, looking at stage and film adaptations of her work, how Austen has been taught in classrooms, Austen's depiction in visual culture, and Austen's role in the women's suffragist movement. Looser draws on popular print and unpublished archival sources, amassing evidence from high, middlebrow, and popular culture, in order to craft a more capacious history of posthumous reception. The book is a detailed and revealing account of what Looser calls the "public dimension" of Jane Austen, who is a "manufactured creation." Looser has dug deep and come up with brand-new material on Austen, something that is very hard to do. This is the kind of material that Janeites and Austen scholars live for"--

Jane Austen's Little Book About Life

2019-04-02
Jane Austen's Little Book About Life

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  • Author: Jane Austen
  • Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
  • ISBN: 0736976752
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 87

Timeless Wisdom from the 19th Century Jane Austen's novels have delighted readers for generations with their keen observations on the human condition and contain a wealth of practical insights and humorous quips on relationships, faith, family, love, character, and virtue. Celebrate Jane's wit and wisdom with this charming collection of quotes from the mouths of some of her most beloved characters and from her own letters. Inside this exquisitely designed book, you'll also enjoy rare photos from the British Library, selected Scripture verses, and personal prayers from the author herself, making this a must read for you or a welcomed gift for the Jane Austen enthusiast in your life. Join fellow Austenite and author of The Prayers of Jane Austen, Terry Glaspey, in revisiting Jane's most memorable and thought-provoking lines.

Jane Austen and her Readers, 17861945

2013-10-15
Jane Austen and her Readers, 17861945

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  • Author: Katie Halsey
  • Publisher: Anthem Press
  • ISBN: 1783080817
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 298

‘Jane Austen and her Readers, 1786–1945’ is a study of the history of reading Jane Austen’s novels. It discusses Austen’s own ideas about books and readers, the uses she makes of her reading, and the aspects of her style that are related to the ways in which she has been read. The volume considers the role of editions and criticism in directing readers’ responses, and presents and analyses a variety of source material related to the ordinary readers who read Austen’s works between 1786 and 1945.

Jane Austen's Emma

2004
Jane Austen's Emma

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  • Author: Paula Byrne
  • Publisher: Psychology Press
  • ISBN: 9780415286510
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 180

This sourcebook introduces not only Jane Austen's text, but also the literary and historical contexts and the many different critical readings that it has generated, from the time of its publication to the twenty-first century.

Tolstoy’s Family Prototypes in "War and Peace"

2020-11-24
Tolstoy’s Family Prototypes in

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  • Author: Brett Cooke
  • Publisher: Academic Studies PRess
  • ISBN: 1644694107
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 273

What were the consequences of Tolstoy’s unusual reliance on members of his family as source material for War and Peace? Did affection for close relatives influence depictions of these real prototypes in his fictional characters? Tolstoy used these models to consider his origins, to ponder alternative family histories, and to critique himself. Comparison of the novel and its fascinating drafts with the writer’s family history reveals increasing preferential treatment of those with greater relatedness to him: kin altruism, i.e., nepotism. This pattern helps explain many of Tolstoy’s choices amongst plot variants he considered, as well as some of the curious devices he utilizes to get readers to share his biases, such as coincidences, notions of “fate,” and aversion to incest.

Comeuppance

2007
Comeuppance

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  • Author: William Flesch
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • ISBN: 9780674026315
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 272

With Comeuppance, William Flesch delivers the freshest, most generous thinking about the novel since Walter Benjamin wrote on the storyteller and Wayne C. Booth on the rhetoric of fiction. In clear and engaging prose, Flesch integrates evolutionary psychology into literary studies, creating a new theory of fiction in which form and content flawlessly intermesh. Fiction, Flesch contends, gives us our most powerful way of making sense of the social world. Comeuppance begins with an exploration of the appeal of gossip and ends with an account of how we can think about characters and care about them as much as about persons we know to be real. We praise a storyteller who contrives a happy or at least an appropriate ending, and fault the writer who refuses us one. Flesch uses Darwinian theory to show how fiction satisfies our desire to see the good vindicated and the wicked get their comeuppance. He conveys the danger and excitement of reading fiction with nimble intelligence and provides wide reference to stories both familiar and little known. Flesch has given us a book that is sure to claim a central place in the discussion of literature and the humanities.