Downton Abbey and philosophy : thinking in that manor / edited by Adam Barkman and Robert Arp.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chicago : Open Court, [2016]
Description
xii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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    Summary note
    This book looks at the television saga Downton Abbey to explore a variety of interpersonal issues that are still relevant today. This includes the emotional importance of particular places; how war and epidemics tell us about life in peacetime and in good health; as well as manners, women's roles, class and more.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-263) and index.
    Contents
    • Ethics and Etiquette. The Morality of Manners / Kathleen Poorman Dougherty
    • Female Integrity in Times of Change / Melanie Abbott
    • Lady Edith and the Trials of the Modern Woman / Gordon Hawkes
    • Lie Is So Unmusical a Word / Courtney Neal
    • Freedom, Servitude and Place. The Meaning of Life and Work / Kimberly Blessing
    • Finding One's Place and Being Useful / John V. Karavitis
    • We Can All "Manage" / Andrew P. Mills
    • Topophilia; or, How We Got Hooked on Downtown / Lucy Elvis
    • The Business of Life Is the Acquisition of Memories / David LaRocca
    • Mysteries, Money, Religion and Other Things Not Talked About. What Mary Didn't Know / Tamas Demeter
    • The Death of Lady Sibyl and Inference to the Best Explanation / Matthias Egg
    • Does Bates Know Who Raped Anna? / Thomas Nisley
    • God-Talk at the Abbey / Samuel Klumpenhouwer
    • Money Problems / James Wills
    • War and Change. Of Downton and Drones / Jai Galliott
    • Change vs. Continuity / Carl Sobocinski
    • Wondering What It's All For / Trip McCrossin
    • Downton Abbey as Eternal Recurrence / Christopher Ketcham
    • Things Can Happen that Nobody Could Imagine Only a Few Years Ago / Donna Marie Smith
    • Love and the Downtrodden. Climbing the Ladder of Love / Brendan Shea
    • I May Be a Socialist, But I'm Not a Lunatic / Joseph Walderz
    • Disabled Abbey / Aaron Richmond
    • Justice in Love / Adam Barkman and Noah Van Brenk .
    ISBN
    • 9780812699036 ((trade paper ; : alk. paper))
    • 0812699033 ((trade paper ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2015019273
    OCLC
    903763637
    Other standard number
    • 40025351322
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