The Ethics in Literature

Rainsford, Dominic; Hadfield, Andrew; Woods, Tim

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 and Mary Shelley to Michele Roberts and Salman Rushdie, and from Kant and Coleridge to Derrida and Levinas.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1999-05-13

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349273638

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-27361-4

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 281