Communities of care : the social ethics of Victorian fiction /

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Talia Schaffer explores Victorian fictional representations of care communities, small voluntary groups that coalesce around someone in need. Drawing lessons from Victorian sociality, Schaffer proposes a theory of communal care and a mode of critical reading centered on an ethics of care. In the Vic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schaffer, Talia, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Temas:
1800-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Care of the sick in literature.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Soins aux malades dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Care of the sick in literature
English fiction
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Care Communities Today
  • Chapter 1. Ethics of Care and the Care Community
  • Chapter 2. Austen, Dickens, and Brontë: Bodies before the Normate
  • Chapter 3. Global Migrant Care and Emotional Labor in Villette
  • Chapter 4. Beyond Sympathy: The State of Care in Daniel Deronda
  • Chapter 5. Care Meets the Silent Treatment in The Wings of the Dove
  • Chapter 6. Composite Fiction and the Care Community in The Heir of Redclyffe
  • Epilogue: Critical Care
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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