Mirrors to one another : emotion and value in Jane Austen and David Hume / E.M. Dadlez.

Author/creator Dadlez, E. M., 1956-
Format Book
Publication InfoChichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Descriptionxv, 234 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Philosophy.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Ethics.
Hume, David, 1711-1776--Ethics.
Literature and morals.
Ethics in literature.
Literature--Philosophy.

SeriesNew directions in aesthetics ; 8
New directions in aesthetics ; 8. ^A538232
Contents How literature can be a thought experiment : alternatives to and elaborations of original accounts -- Literary form and philosophical content -- Kantian and Aristotelian accounts of Austen -- Hume and Austen on pleasure, sentiment and virtue -- Hume and Austen on sympathy -- Hume's general point of view and the novels of Jane Austen -- The useful and the good in Hume and Austen -- Aesthetics and Humean aesthetic norms in the novels of Jane Austen -- Hume and Austen on good people and good reasoning -- Lovers, friends and other endearing appelations : marriage in Hume and Austen -- Hume and Austen on pride -- Hume and Austen on jealousy, envy, malice and the principle of comparison -- Indolence and industry in Hume and Austen -- What Hume's philosophy contributes to our understanding of Austen's fiction : what Austen's fiction contributes to our understanding of Hume's philosophy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-228) and index.
LCCN 2008052918
ISBN9781405193481 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1405193484 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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