Title: Moral Taste
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Subjects: English fiction, History and criticism, Literature and morals, Aesthetics in literature, Middle class in literature, Subjectivity in literature, Group identity in literature, British Aesthetics, Literature and society, History, English fiction, history and criticism, 19th century, Power (social sciences) in literature, Esthétique dans la littérature, Littérature et société, Histoire, Roman anglais, Histoire et critique, Subjectivité dans la littérature, Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) dans la littérature, Littérature et morale, LITERARY COLLECTIONS, General, LITERARY CRITICISM, European, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh