The Ethics in Literature

by Tim Woods and Dominic Rainsford

Book Overview

The question of ethics has dominated recent developments within the humanities. This volume brings together the most recent theories of ethics and reading and applies them to a wide variety of literary texts. Ethical and literary issues explored by the contributors include biography, sensibility, national identity, feminism, postcolonialism, religion, subjectivity and stylistics. Literary authors and philosophers/theorists discussed range from Shakespeare...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349273635
• ISBN13: 9781349273638
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"