{"product_id":"stylistic-virtue-and-victorian-fiction-form-ethics-and-the-novel-paperback-softback-9781108965903","title":"Stylistic Virtue and Victorian Fiction; Form, Ethics, and the Novel (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108965903","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStylistic Virtue and Victorian Fiction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eForm, Ethics, and the Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOffers a deep history of style in theory and practice that transforms our understanding of style in the novel.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthew Sussman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108965903, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e274 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.401 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Stylistic Virtue stands as a testament to Sussman's capacity to breathe new life into neglected corners of Victorian formalism and the novel, not to mention the rhetorical underpinnings of English criticism. He invites us to reexamine conventional judgments on the characteristic realism of the three novelists, while illuminating with remarkable detail their formal experiments and distinctive styles.' Helen Blythe, Victorian Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat is style, and why does it matter? This book answers these questions by recovering the concept of 'stylistic virtue,' once foundational to rhetoric and aesthetics but largely forgotten today. Stylistic virtues like 'ease' and 'grace' are distinguishing properties that help realize a text's essential character. First described by Aristotle, they were integral to the development of formalist methods and modern literary criticism. The first half of the book excavates the theory of stylistic virtue during its period of greatest ascendance, in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when belletristic rhetoric shaped how the art of literary style and 'the aesthetic' were understood. The second half offers new readings of Thackeray, Trollope, and Meredith to show how stylistic virtue changes our understanding of style in the novel and challenges conventional approaches to interpreting the ethics of art.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: What Is Stylistic Virtue?\u003cbr\u003e 1. Stylistic Virtue and the Rise of Literary Formalism\u003cbr\u003e 2. Stylistic Virtue between Moralism and Aestheticism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Virtue Theory and the Nature of the Aesthetic\u003cbr\u003e 4. Thackeray's Grace\u003cbr\u003e 5. Trollope's Ease and Lucidity\u003cbr\u003e 6. Meredith's Fervidness\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: Stylistic Virtue and Literary Value\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Modern%20history%20to%2020th%20century:%20c%201700%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHBLL%5D%22\"\u003eHBLL\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20theory%20%5BDSA%5D%22\"\u003eDSA\u003c\/a\u003e], Language: history \u0026amp; general works [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Language: history \u0026amp; general works\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Language:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20general%20works%20%5BCBX%5D%22\"\u003eCBX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52417742012696,"sku":"9781108965903","price":21.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108965903i.jpg?v=1784505938","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/stylistic-virtue-and-victorian-fiction-form-ethics-and-the-novel-paperback-softback-9781108965903","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}