Literature and the Continuances of Virtue

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Virtue, as used here, connotes integrity--that living force that issues from persons, societies, or texts in consequence of their accomplishing their distinctive ends. Professor Berthoff outlines the descent of the intuition of virtue from classical times into our own era and examines it as a format...

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Main Author: Berthoff, Warner
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Virtue in literature.
Literature > Philosophy.
Ethics in literature.
Virtues in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Vertus dans la litterature.
Morale dans la litterature.
Litterature didactique > Histoire et critique > Theorie, etc.
Didactic literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Virtue, as used here, connotes integrity--that living force that issues from persons, societies, or texts in consequence of their accomplishing their distinctive ends. Professor Berthoff outlines the descent of the intuition of virtue from classical times into our own era and examines it as a formative presence in a series of major literary works Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These pape.
Physical Description:1 online resource (306 pages).
ISBN:9781400858309

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