Since the publication of "The Moral Trollope" by Ruth apRoberts in 1971, literary critics have generally agreed that Trollope s morality is worthy of study. apRoberts sees Trollope as an early exponent of situation ethics, a liberal moralist who believes that traditional principles must always bend to the circumstances of the particular case. For critics like Robert Tracy and Shirley Letwin, however, Trollope is a conservative moralist who believes that good conduct means strict obedience to the conventions of the society into which one is born. "Trollope & Victorian Moral Philosophy"...
Since the publication of "The Moral Trollope" by Ruth apRoberts in 1971, literary critics have generally agreed that Trollope s morality is worthy of ...
In Those Elegant Decorums Professor Nardin differs from the many critics who feel that Jane Austen's irony and her morality contradict each other. She analyzes the way in which Jane Austen blends ironic criticism with moral affirmation through her complex and little-understood management of the narrative point of view. She demonstrates that the reader takes a journey of perception similar to that of the central characters in the novels, and that the correct interpretation of events is often unclear until well after the fact, despite the seeming aid of an apparently unbiased, omniscient...
In Those Elegant Decorums Professor Nardin differs from the many critics who feel that Jane Austen's irony and her morality contradict each other. She...
