Jane Austen’s Concerns with Health and Moral Thoughts: The Dashwood Sisters and the Successful Regulation of Sense and Sensibility
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Según los principios del cartesianismo, en el siglo diecisiete se pensaba que el cuerpo estaba subordinado a la mente. Más tarde, en el siglo dieciocho autores masculinos de tratados médicos apoyaban la idea de que la interacción de cuerpo y mente producía pasiones y éstas podían transformarse peligrosamente en enfermedades mentales. En todas sus novelas Jane Austen siempre muestra un enorme interés por todo lo relacionado con los tratamientos médicos. En Sentido y Sensibilidad (1811) la autora se concentra mayormente en la enfermedad y el sufrimiento mezclando la salud física y mental con doctrinas morales y filosóficas. La finalidad de este artículo es demonstrar como moralistas, filósofos y pensadores como el Dr Johnson, William Blake, William Godwin y Adam Smith colaboraron con Austen para forjar la idea de que la sensibilidad no era una enfermedad y el sentido una virtud sino que, los seres humanos, especialmente las mujeres, pueden obtener provecho individual y colectivo y promover cambios no solo en el pasado sino también en el presente, si regulan razón y sentimientos desde un punto de vista práctico.
Palabras clave: salud física, crisis nerviosa, medicina, pensamiento moral, regulación de los sentimientos.
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