Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
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Date of Graduation
Spring 2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
Department of English
Advisor(s)
Annette R. Federico
Abstract
This paper argues that Charles Dickens' political and world views were in sympathy with Utilitarianism, as defined by Jeremy Bentham. The Utilitarianism Dickens attacked in A Christmas Carol, Hard Times, and Little Dorrit was not real utilitarianism; it was utilitarianism appropriated by England's middle-class.
Recommended Citation
Allentuck, Zachary, "A Dickensian utilitarianism" (2016). Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019. 190.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/honors201019/190
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