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Sex, Lies, and Autobiography: The Ethics of Confession
James O'Rourke
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Hardcover. Reveals how autobiographies are able to confront readers with the moral complexities of life. The author shows how Rousseau's doubts about the possibility of ethical behavior shadows the first-person narratives of five canonic works: Wordsworth's "Prelude", Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and "Villette", Shelley's "Frankenstein", and Nabokov's "Lolita". Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
In ""Sex, Lies, and Autobiography"", James O'Rourke explores the relationships between literary form and ethics, revealing how autobiographical texts are able to confront readers with the moral complexities of everyday life. Tracing the ethical legacy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ""Confessions"" in a series of English-language texts, the author shows how Rousseau's doubts about the possibility of ethical behavior shadows the first-person narratives of five canonic works: William Wordsworth's ""Prelude"", Charlotte Bronte's ""Jane Eyre"" and ""Villette"", Mary Shelley's ""Frankenstein"", and Vladimir Nabokov's ""Lolita"". Offering a fascinating new way of thinking about ethics through literature, ""Sex, Lies, and Autobiography"" challenges the most fundamental ... Read more
In ""Sex, Lies, and Autobiography"", James O'Rourke explores the relationships between literary form and ethics, revealing how autobiographical texts are able to confront readers with the moral complexities of everyday life. Tracing the ethical legacy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ""Confessions"" in a series of English-language texts, the author shows how Rousseau's doubts about the possibility of ethical behavior shadows the first-person narratives of five canonic works: William Wordsworth's ""Prelude"", Charlotte Bronte's ""Jane Eyre"" and ""Villette"", Mary Shelley's ""Frankenstein"", and Vladimir Nabokov's ""Lolita"". Offering a fascinating new way of thinking about ethics through literature, ""Sex, Lies, and Autobiography"" challenges the most fundamental ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813925127
SKU
V9780813925127
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About James O'Rourke
James O'Rourke is Professor of English at Florida State University and author of Keats's Odes and Contemporary Criticism.
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