Victorian Sacrifice : Ethics and Economics in Mid-Century Novels /

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Main Author: Blumberg, Ilana M., 1970- (autor.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • The heir of Redclyffe and the heiress : men, women, and Christian self-sacrifice
  • Suicide, sin, and self-sacrifice in A tale of two cities
  • "Love yourself as your neighbor" : guilt and the ethics of personal benefit in Adam Bede
  • "Unnatural self-sacrifice" : Trollope's ethic of mutual benefit
  • Collins' writerly sacrifice
  • Conclusion : Robert Elsmere : the "true, best self" and the ideal of mutual service.