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100	1		_aMiller, Andrew H.
245	1	4	_aThe Burdens of Perfection : _bOn Ethics and Reading in Nineteenth-Century British Literature.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aIthaca : _bCornell University Press, _c2008.
264		4	_c©2011.
300			_a1 online resource (278 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- Resisting, Conspiring, Completing: An Introduction -- Part I. The Narrative of Improvement -- 1. Skepticism and Perfectionism I: Mechanization and Desire -- 2. Skepticism and Perfectionism II: Weakness of Will -- Interlude: Critical Free Indirect Discourse -- 3. Reading Thoughts: Casuistry and Transfiguration -- Part II. The Moral Psychology of Improvement -- 4. Perfectly Helpless -- 5. Responsiveness, Knowingness, and John Henry Newman -- 6. The Knowledge of Shame -- 7. On Lives Unled -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aA study of moral perfectionism in nineteenth-century British culture, this book reads a wide range of essayists, poets, and novelists through the lens of ethics and philosophy of mind.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aEnglish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
650		0	_aDidactic literature, English -- History and criticism.
650		0	_aPerfection in literature.
650		0	_aEthics in literature.
650		0	_aLiterature and morals.
650		0	_aBooks and reading -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aMiller, Andrew H. _tThe Burdens of Perfection _dIthaca : Cornell University Press,c2008 _z9780801446610
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3138158 _zClick to View
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