"The second half of the fourteenth century was an important transition period both in the spheres of literary form and message, and of social, economic, and political power. This book is concerned with fourteenth-century literature, verse and prose, in Anglo-Norman, Latin, and M…
The rise of the novel in the mid-18th century was also the rise of sentimentalism. This study explores the attitudes which led novelists to associate virtuous feeling with disabling suffering. It also examines the role of women in fiction and in society during that period.
In some moods, or for some people, the desire to improve can seem so natural as to be banal. The impulse drives forward so much in our culture that it can color our thoughts and shape our actions without being much noticed. But in other moods, or for other people, this strenuous…
This is a study of moral perfectionism in 19th century British culture. Reading the essayists and novelists of the period, Andrew H. Miller offers a response to Stanley Cavell's contribution to ethics and philosophy of mind.
This is a study of moral perfectionism in 19th century British culture. Reading the essayists and novelists of the period, Andrew H. Miller offers a response to Stanley Cavell's contribution to ethics and philosophy of mind.