"This immense expense of art": George Eliot and John Ruskin on consumption and the limits of sympathy [0.03%]
"这巨大的艺术消费": 乔治·艾略特和约翰·罗斯金论消费及同情的限度
Emily Coit
Emily Coit
This essay attempts to better our understanding of George Eliot's conservatism by examining a body of ideas about consumption and moral obligation that she and John Ruskin share. I use a discussion of consumer ethics to explore the moral lo...
Seduction, prostitution, and the control of female desire in popular Antebellum fiction [0.03%]
诱惑、卖淫与流行前bellum小说中的女性欲望控制
Karen J Renner
Karen J Renner
During the antebellum era, increased attention to the prostitute coincided with a prevalent conception of women as, in Nancy Cott's words, essentially "passionless" unless aroused by sincere romantic love. Yet it seems paradoxical that this...