Mirrors to One Another: Emotion and Value in Jane Austen and David Hume

by E.M. Dadlez

A compelling exploration of the convergence of Jane Austen's literary themes and characters with David Hume's views on morality and human nature. Argues that the normative perspectives endorsed in Jane Austen's novels are best characterized in terms of a Humean approach, and that the merits of Hume's account of ethical, aesthetic and epistemic virtue are vividly illustrated by Austen's writing. Illustrates how Hume and Austen complement one another,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405193484
• ISBN13: 9781405193481
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"