Scenes of Sympathy : Identity and Representation in Victorian Fiction /

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In Scenes of Sympathy, Audrey Jaffe argues that representations of sympathy in Victorian fiction both reveal and unsettle Victorian ideologies of identity. Situating these representations within the context of Victorian visual culture, and offering new readings of key works by Charles Dickens, Eliza...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jaffe, Audrey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sympathy in literature.
Mimesis in literature.
Literature and society.
Group identity in literature.
English fiction.
Capitalism and literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Mimêsis dans la litterature.
Sympathie dans la litterature.
Identite collective dans la litterature.
Litterature et societe > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Capitalisme et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Roman anglais > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Capitalism and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Sympathy and the spirit of capitalism
  • ch. 1. Sympathy and spectacle in Dickens's "A Christmas carol"
  • ch. 2. Detecting the beggar: Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Mayhew, and the construction of social identity
  • Part II. Fear of falling
  • ch. 3. Under cover: sympathy and ressentiment in Gaskell's Ruth
  • ch. 4. Isabel's spectacles: seeing value in East Lynne
  • Part III. The aesthtics of cultural identity
  • ch. 5. Consenting to the fact: body, nation, and identity in Daniel Deronda
  • ch. 6. Embodying culture: Dorian's wish.

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