Sentiment and sociability : the language of feeling in the eighteenth century / John Mullan.
The rise of the novel in the mid-18th century was also the rise of sentimentalism. This study explores the attitudes which led novelists to associate virtuous feeling with disabling suffering. It also examines the role of women in fiction and in society during that period.
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [England] : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1988.
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| Online Access: | Click for online access |
| Summary: | The rise of the novel in the mid-18th century was also the rise of sentimentalism. This study explores the attitudes which led novelists to associate virtuous feeling with disabling suffering. It also examines the role of women in fiction and in society during that period. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (261 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191671449 0191671444 9780198122524 0198122527 |