Trollope & Victorian Moral Philosophy

by Jane Nardin

Since the publication of The Moral Trollope by Ruth apRoberts in 1971, literary critics have generally agreed that Trollope's morality is worthy of study. apRoberts sees Trollope as an early exponent of "situation ethics," a liberal moralist who believes that traditional principles must always bend to the circumstances of the particular case. For critics like Robert Tracy and Shirley Letwin, however, Trollope is a conservative moralist who...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082141139X
• ISBN13: 9780821411391
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"