The Ethics in Literature
Author | : Dominic Rainsford |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2016-07-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781349273614 |
ISBN-13 | : 1349273619 |
Rating | : 4/5 (619 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Ethics in Literature written by Dominic Rainsford and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.