TY - BOOK AU - Bohanon,Cecil E. AU - Vachris,Michelle Albert TI - Pride and profit: the intersection of Jane Austen and Adam Smith SN - 9780739191835 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - PR 4038 B676p 2016 U1 - 823 PY - 2016/// CY - Lanham, Maryland PB - Lexington Books KW - Austen, Jane, KW - Smith, Adam, KW - Economics and literature KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Capitalism and literature KW - Economics in literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1 Introduction: Why Jane Austen and Adam Smith? 2 A General Introduction to Smith's Moral Theory 3 Virtues and Vices in Smith 4 Self-Command in Sense and Sensibility 5 Prudence, Benevolence, and Justice in Mansfield Park 6 Vanity in Persuasion 7 Pride in Pride and Prejudice 8 Greed and Promises in Northanger Abbey 9 Man of System and Impartial Spectator in Emma 10 Land Rents, Income, and Entails 11 Representation of Business in Smith and Austen: Adopting the Bourgeois Virtues 12 Social Rank in Smith and Austen 13 Reflections on the Intersection between Jane Austen and Adam Smith and its Relevance for Today N2 - Pride and Profit explores the ways in which Jane Austen's novels interact with the ideas of economist Adam Smith. Bohanon and Vachris show how Smithian perspectives on virtue are depicted in Austen's novels and how Smith's and Austen's perspectives reflect and define the bourgeois culture of the Enlightenment and industrial revolution ER -