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Literature and the Continuances of Virtue
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Full Title:
Literature and the Continuances of Virtue
Contributors:
By (Author) Warner Berthoff
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Literary theory
Dewey:
809.9335
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
308
Dimensions:
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Weight:
510g
Description
Virtue, as used here, connotes integrity--that living force that issues from persons, societies, or texts in consequence of their accomplishing their distinctive ends. Professor Berthoff outlines the descent of the intuition of virtue from classical times into our own era and examines it as a formative presence in a series of major literary works
