{"product_id":"the-ethics-of-modernism-moral-ideas-in-yeats-eliot-joyce-woolf-and-beckett-paperback-9780521116282","title":"The Ethics of Modernism; Moral Ideas in Yeats, Eliot, Joyce, Woolf and Beckett (Paperback) 9780521116282","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Ethics of Modernism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMoral Ideas in Yeats, Eliot, Joyce, Woolf and Beckett\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ethics of Modernism brings a fresh perspective on modernist literature and its interaction with ethical strands of philosophy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLee Oser (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521116282, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 16 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e196 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.3 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\"I found Oser's engagement with form and his deep belief in the efficacy of literature to be great virtues in this ambitious and ornery book.\"   \u003cbr\u003eMariane Eide, Texas A \u0026amp; M University, James Joyce Quarterly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat was the ethical perspective of modernist literature? How did Yeats, Eliot, Joyce, Woolf and Beckett represent ethical issues and develop their moral ideas? Lee Oser argues that thinking about human nature restores a perspective on modernist literature that has been lost. He offers detailed discussions of the relationship between ethics and aesthetics to illuminate close readings of major modernist texts. For Oser, the reception of Aristotle is crucial to the modernist moral project, which he defines as the effort to transform human nature through the use of art. Exploring the origins of that project, its success in modernism, its critical heirs, and its possible future, The Ethics of Modernism brings a fresh perspective on modernist literature and its interaction with ethical strands of philosophy. It offers many new insights to scholars of twentieth-century literature as well as intellectual historians.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: literature and human nature\u003cbr\u003e 1. W. B. Yeats: out of nature\u003cbr\u003e 2. T. S. Eliot: the modernist Aristotle\u003cbr\u003e 3. James Joyce: love among the skeptics\u003cbr\u003e 4. Virginia Woolf: Antigone triumphant\u003cbr\u003e 5. Samuel Beckett: humanity in ruins\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: technology and technique\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ethics%20\u0026amp;%20moral%20philosophy%20%5BHPQ%5D%22\"\u003eHPQ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006518382872,"sku":"9780521116282","price":37.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521116282i_199ce57c-7a4f-4cb0-accb-a571ca364604.jpg?v=1691371516","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-ethics-of-modernism-moral-ideas-in-yeats-eliot-joyce-woolf-and-beckett-paperback-9780521116282","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}