Description |
viii, 216 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
1. Imagination and egoism in "Middlemarch" -- Egoism -- Imagination and interpretation -- Possibilities and plans -- Providence and power -- Consciousness and conscience -- George Eliot and philosophy -- 2. Action and passion in "AnnaKarenina" -- What is to be done? -- Role-playing -- Action and passion -- Other obstacles to answering the question -- The second question: 'What is the meaning or significance of the situation?' -- 3. The Self and others in "The Brothers Karamazov" -- The positive doctrine -- Understanding others -- Pride, shame, and resentment: and their passivity -- Self-punishment and other needs -- Ivan and Dmitri -- 4. Knowledge and illusion in "A la recherche du temps perdu" -- The faculties of, and the obstacles to, knowledge -- The nature of reality -- The role of the artist -- The nature of impressions and of knowledge -- Knowledge of persons -- 5. Philosophy, Criticism, and the Novel -- A theory of interpretation outlined -- Understanding a novel |
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Criticism |
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Fiction History and criticism |
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Philosophy in literature |
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Fiction in European languages, 1871-1927 Philosophical perspectives |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [205]-209 |
Performer |
ISBN 0-19-824533-5 Pbk : £1.75 |
Notes |
Also issued online |
Subject |
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Philosophy.
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Bratʹi͡a Karamazovy -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Bratʹi͡a Karamazovy.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Philosophy.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Middlemarch notebooks.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Middlemarch -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Jones, Peter, 1935 December 18-
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Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922 -- Philosophy.
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Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. À la recherche du temps perdu -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. À la recherche du temps perdu.
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Philosophy.
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Anna Karenina.
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Anna Karenina -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Criticism.
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Fiction -- History and criticism.
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Fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Literature -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy in literature.
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Philosophy -- In literature.
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LC no. |
75309312 |
ISBN |
0198245262 |
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0198245335 (paperback) |
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