ISBN: 9780821411179

Attitudes toward punishment and forgiveness in English society of the nineteenth century came, for the most part, out of Christianity. In actual experience the ideal was not often met, bu… Mehr…

Attitudes toward punishment and forgiveness in English society of the nineteenth century came, for the most part, out of Christianity. In actual experience the ideal was not often met, but in the literature of the time the model was important. For novelists attempting to tell exciting and dramatic stories, violent and criminal activities played an important role, and, according to convention, had to be corrected through poetic justice or human punishment. Both Dickens' and Thackeray's novels subscribed to the ideal, but dealt with the dilemma it presented in slightly different ways. At a time when a great deal of attention has been directed toward economic production and consumption as the bases for value, Reed's well-documented study reviving moral belief as a legitimate concern for the analysis of nineteenth-century English texts is particularly illuminating. Media > Book, [PU: Ohio University Press]<

ISBN: 9780821411179

Attitudes toward punishment and forgiveness in English society of the nineteenth century came, for the most part, out of Christianity. In actual experience the ideal was not often met, bu… Mehr…

Attitudes toward punishment and forgiveness in English society of the nineteenth century came, for the most part, out of Christianity. In actual experience the ideal was not often met, but in the literature of the time the model was important. For novelists attempting to tell exciting and dramatic stories, violent and criminal activities played an important role, and, according to convention, had to be corrected through poetic justice or human punishment. Both Dickens' and Thackeray's novels subscribed to the ideal, but dealt with the dilemma it presented in slightly different ways. At a time when a great deal of attention has been directed toward economic production and consumption as the bases for value, Reed's well-documented study reviving moral belief as a legitimate concern for the analysis of nineteenth-century English texts is particularly illuminating. Media >, [PU: Ohio University Press]<

1995, ISBN: 0821411179

[EAN: 9780821411179], Used, good, [PU: Ohio Univ Pr], 0821411179 Former school/college book. Minor wear, including corner bumps and light marks to cover. Otherwise in very good used condi… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780821411179], Used, good, [PU: Ohio Univ Pr], 0821411179 Former school/college book. Minor wear, including corner bumps and light marks to cover. Otherwise in very good used condition, with clean unmarked pages, spine intact, bindings firm.<

ISBN: 9780821411179

Hardcover book. 504 pages. Published by Ohio University Press Media > Book, [PU: Ohio University Press]