Acknowledgements
References to Jane Austen’s Works
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Austen Family and the Altruism Problem
Chapter 2: Psychopathy and Sympathy in Northanger Abbey
Chapter 3: Costly Signaling and the Handicap Principle in Sense and Sensibility
Chapter 4: Kin and Kith Altruism in Pride and Prejudice
Chapter 5: Survival of the Nicest in Mansfield Park
Chapter 6: Pathological Altruism in Emma
Chapter 7: Punishment in Persuasion
Afterword: The Choice of Altruism
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Magdalen Ki (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh) is the Programme Director of MA in Literary and Comparative Studies, and Associate Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests include Jane Austen, Edgar Allan Poe, psychology, and gothic literature. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Brontë Studies, Poe Studies, English Studies, Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Literature Compass, and Mississippi Quarterly. Her latest article "Kin Altruism, Spite, and Forgiveness in Pride and Prejudice" will appear in Philosophy and Literature (2019).
