Magdalen Ki

Jane Austen and Altruism

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Produktbeschreibung

Jane Austen and Altruism identifies a compelling theme, namely, the view that Jane Austen propounds a rigorous, boundary-sensitive model of altruism that counters the human propensity to selfishness and promotes the culture of cooperation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9781032173849
• ISBN-10: 103217384X
• Artikelnr.: 62574428

Autorenporträt

Magdalen Ki (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh) is the Programme Director of MA in Literary and Comparative Studies, and Associate Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests include Jane Austen, Edgar Allan Poe, psychology, and gothic literature. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Brontë Studies, Poe Studies, English Studies, Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Literature Compass, and Mississippi Quarterly. Her latest article "Kin Altruism, Spite, and Forgiveness in Pride and Prejudice " will appear in Philosophy and Literature (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
References to Jane Austen's Works
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Austen Family and the Altruism Problem
Chapter 2: Psychopathy and Sympathy in Northanger Abbey
Chapter 3: Costly Signaling and the Handicap Principle in Sense and
Sensibility
Chapter 4: Kin and Kith Altruism in Pride and Prejudice
Chapter 5: Survival of the Nicest in Mansfield Park
Chapter 6: Pathological Altruism in Emma
Chapter 7: Punishment in Persuasion
Afterword: The Choice of Altruism
Bibliography
Index