Moral taste : aesthetics, subjectivity and social power in the nineteenth-century novel / Marjorie Garson.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2007.Description: 483 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780802091383 (bound)
  • 0802091385 (bound)
  • 9781442610811 (pbk.)
  • 1442610816 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Moral taste.; Online version:: Moral taste.LOC classification:
  • PR 878 .M67 G37 2007
Contents:
The discourse of taste in Waverley -- A room with a viewer : the evolution of a Victorian topos -- Resources and performance : Mansfield Park and Emma -- The improvement of the estate : J.C. Loudon and some spaces in Dickens -- Charlotte Bront�e : sweetness and colour -- North and South : 'stately simplicity' -- The importance of being consistent : culture and commerce in Middlemarch.
Review: "Drawing on the theories of Pierre Bourdieu, Marjorie Garson discusses a number of Victorian texts that treat aesthetic refinement as an essential mark of proper middle-class subjectivity. She situates each text in its historical moment and considers it in the light of contemporary anxieties, providing insights into why certain ways of representing and endorsing tastefulness remained serviceable for many decades. In addition, this study demonstrates how the discourse of taste engenders a wider discourse about middle-class subjectivity and entitlement, national character, and racial identity in the period."--BOOK JACKET.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection PR878 .M67 G37 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98639677

Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-466) and index.

The discourse of taste in Waverley -- A room with a viewer : the evolution of a Victorian topos -- Resources and performance : Mansfield Park and Emma -- The improvement of the estate : J.C. Loudon and some spaces in Dickens -- Charlotte Bront�e : sweetness and colour -- North and South : 'stately simplicity' -- The importance of being consistent : culture and commerce in Middlemarch.

"Drawing on the theories of Pierre Bourdieu, Marjorie Garson discusses a number of Victorian texts that treat aesthetic refinement as an essential mark of proper middle-class subjectivity. She situates each text in its historical moment and considers it in the light of contemporary anxieties, providing insights into why certain ways of representing and endorsing tastefulness remained serviceable for many decades. In addition, this study demonstrates how the discourse of taste engenders a wider discourse about middle-class subjectivity and entitlement, national character, and racial identity in the period."--BOOK JACKET.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.