Victorian sacrifice [electronic resource] : ethics and economics in mid-century novels / Ilana Blumberg.
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)ISBN:- 9780814271117
- 0814271111
- 823/.809382 23
- PR468.R44 B58 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The heir of Redclyffe and the heiress : men, women, and Christian self-sacrifice -- Suicide, sin, and self-sacrifice in A tale of two cities -- "Love yourself as your neighbor" : guilt and the ethics of personal benefit in Adam Bede -- "Unnatural self-sacrifice" : Trollope's ethic of mutual benefit -- Collins' writerly sacrifice -- Conclusion : Robert Elsmere : the "true, best self" and the ideal of mutual service.
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