Allow me to share a Jane Austen quotation, in this context; “I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.”. Very many compliments for this new inspirating lesson.
I'm an avid Jane Austen fan and I read Bachiochi's book this summer so this video was an absolute treat. Mansfield Park has always been my favorite Austen book for the point you bring out: she so completely portrays the difference between appearing virtuous and being virtuous in heart. I always loved the portion when she describes Julia as having to talk with Mrs. Rushworth out of a sense of duty, but couldn't find any enjoyment in it because her virtues were skin deep. Thanks for bringing these two worlds together - I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Thank you so much for commenting! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I really admire Bachiochi so bringing these impressive women together is a passion project of mine!
Your video is a treat 😀. I’ve been wondering if you would make another one. This is my favorite video of yours. I’ve made the connections of all three in my mind but you have connected them more beautifully and succinctly than I could ever do.
Thank you so so much for your lovely comment! I love making videos but have so little time these days. But I'll keep making them whenever I get the time. There'll be at least another one before Christmas, if not two!
Excellent. I've noticed how consistently Austen contrasts "accomplishment" in women with other "more substantial", virtuous qualities. I think this video is exceptional in putting into words something so consistently hinted at in Austen's novels, which I have, until now, seen but not been able to vocalize and describe. Thank you.
Congratulations on starting the PhD! You deserve all accolades for your really interesting videos, and for your enthusiasm for all aspects of Austen..which will surely add up to a brilliant doctorate..though it’s a gruelling enterprise. I enjoyed this one, and wish you well for the upcoming studies.
It's nice to see you back Beatrice. Welcome to the USA! You're just in time to celebrate Thanksgiving in little over a month. You're exposition of feminism enriched by virtue ethics/Aristotelianism is much needed. Feminism needs reclamation from the "autonomous individualism" ideological framework that Austen, Wollstonecraft, and I'd daresay George Eliot, would abhor.
@@beatrixscudeler I'll pick up a copy of Bachiochi's book. Recently, I was thinking about these issues and went back to a stunner of a book I picked up in 1982. It deals with virtue ethics as relates to 19th century literature. It's by Shirley Robin Letwin, "The Gentleman in Trollope-Individuality and Moral Conduct". She was a student/colleague of philosopher Michael Oakeshott. It's another insightful treatment of the interaction of virtue in literature, and perennial concerns about the well lived life.
@@michaelwalsh2498 Ah I was not aware of the book you mentioned but it sounds very interesting! And yes, Bachiochi is great and absolutely worth reading (and she writes so clearly it's a pleasure to read her work, as well as being informative!)
@@beatrixscudeler George Eliot is much harder to clarify in terms of these issues. Her strong identification with social and political radicalism obscures how classical philosophical and theological notions of virtue contributed to her artistic and intellectual makeup. It's complicated even further by her involvement with German idealism and her break with orthodox Christianity. But I think there's a moral and communitarian ethos there that owes much to her Christian formation.
