Philosophy and the novel
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford |
Publication Dates: | 2013. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 209 p.: ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780199674459 (hbk.) 0199674450 (hbk.) |
Index Number: | I0 |
CLC: | I0-02 |
Call Number: | I0-02/G619 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Part I. Philosophy of novels. 1. Introduction: philosophical content and literary value -- 2. Interpreting novels -- 3. The sun also rises: incompatible interpretations -- 4. The appeal of the mystery -- Part II. Philosophy in novels. 5. Moral development in Pride and prejudice -- 6. Huckleberry Finn and moral motivation -- 7. What we learn about rules from The cider house rules -- 8. Nostromo and the fragility of the self. |