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  • The emotions in liberal writing, c.1790–c.1920

    Edición de Jock Macleod, Peter Denney, William Christie ...
    Series series Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century
    This volume from a selection of distinguished international scholars is the first of its kind to explore in depth the emotional dimensions of liberal writing in Britain over the long nineteenth century. Addressing liberal writing in the public sphere rather than high political or parliamentary liberalism, it comprises a clear, context-setting introduction and eleven substantive chapters. The ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

  • Transcultural Ecocriticism

    Global, Romantic and Decolonial Perspectives

    Edición de Dr Stuart Cooke, Dr Peter Denney ...
    Bringing together decolonial, Romantic and global literature perspectives, Transcultural Ecocriticism explores innovative new directions for the field of environmental literary studies. By examining these literatures across a range of geographical locations and historical periods – from Romantic period travel writing to Chinese science fiction and Aboriginal Australian poetry – the book makes a ... Leer más

    $34.99 USD

  • Politics and Emotions in Romantic Periodicals

    Edición de Jock Macleod, William Christie, Peter Denney ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book comprises eleven essays by leading scholars of early nineteenth-century British literature and periodical culture. The collection addresses the many and varied links between politics and the emotions in Romantic periodicals, from the revolutionary decade of the 1790s, to the 1832 Reform Bill. In so doing, it deepens our understanding of the often conflicted relations between politics and ... Leer más

    $98.99 USD

  • Sound, Space and Civility in the British World, 1700-1850

    Edición de Peter Denney, Bruce Buchan, David Ellison, Karen Crawley ...
    Series series British Literature in Context in the Long Eighteenth Century
    In this collection, the essays examine the critical role that judgments about noise and sound played in framing the meaning of civility in British discourse and literature during the long eighteenth century. The volume restores the sonic dimension to conversations about civil conduct by exploring how censured behaviours and recommended practices resonated beyond the written word. As the ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

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  • Ethics

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Simon Blackburn ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures is dogged by scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism, and by the fear that in a Godless world science has unmasked us as creatures fated by our genes to be selfish and tribalistic, or competitive and aggressive. Here, Simon Blackburn tackles the major moral questions surrounding birth, ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • John Stuart Mill

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Gregory Claeys ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is widely regarded as the leading liberal philosopher, economist, and political theorist of nineteenth century Britain. In his lifetime he was best known for his System of Logic (1843) and the Principles of Political Economy (1848). Today Mill is chiefly identified with On Liberty (1859), perhaps the definitive text ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

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  • What's Wrong with Benevolence

    Happiness, Private Property, and the Limits of Enlightenment

    de David Stove ...
    Is benevolence a virtue? In many cases it appears to be so. But when it comes to the enlarged benevolence” of the Enlightenment, David Stove argues that the answer is clearly no. In this insightful, provocative essay, Stove builds a case for the claim that when benevolence is universal, disinterested and external, it regularly leads to the forced redistribution of wealth, which in turn leads to ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The Death of Christian Britain

    Understanding Secularisation, 1800–2000

    de Callum G. Brown ...
    Series series Christianity and Society in the Modern World
    The Death of Christian Britain examines how the nation’s dominant religious culture has been destroyed. Callum Brown challenges the generally held view that secularization was a long and gradual process dating from the industrial revolution. Instead, he argues that it has been a catastrophic and abrupt cultural revolution starting in the 1960s. Using the latest techniques of gender analysis, and ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Imperial Masochism

    British Fiction, Fantasy, and Social Class

    de John Kucich ...
    British imperialism's favorite literary narrative might seem to be conquest. But real British conquests also generated a surprising cultural obsession with suffering, sacrifice, defeat, and melancholia. "There was," writes John Kucich, "seemingly a different crucifixion scene marking the historical gateway to each colonial theater." In Imperial Masochism, Kucich reveals the central role ... Leer más

    $56.89 USD

  • Dangerous Sexualities

    Medico-Moral Politics in England Since 1830

    de Frank Mort ...
    Dangerous Sexualities takes a look at how our ideas of health and disease are linked to moral and immoral notions of sex. Beginning in the 1830s, Frank Mort relates his social historical narratives to the sexual choices and possibilities facing us now.This long-awaited second edition has been thoroughly updated to include new discussions of eugenics, race hygiene and social imperialism in the late ... Leer más

    $72.99 USD

  • The Happiness Philosophers

    The Lives and Works of the Great Utilitarians

    de Bart Schultz ...
    A colorful history of utilitarianism told through the lives and ideas of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and its other foundersIn The Happiness Philosophers, Bart Schultz tells the colorful story of the lives and legacies of the founders of utilitarianism—one of the most influential yet misunderstood and maligned philosophies of the past two centuries.Best known for arguing that "it is the ... Leer más

    $43.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Literary Culture

    Edición de Juliet John ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Literary Culture is a major contribution to the dynamic field of Victorian studies. This collection of 37 original chapters by leading international Victorian scholars offers new approaches to familiar themes including science, religion, and gender, and gives space to newer and emerging topics including old age, fair play, and economics. Structured around three ... Leer más

    $41.99 USD