Sentimental figures of empire in eighteenth-century Britain and France

Sentimental figures of empire in eighteenth-century Britain and France / Lynn Festa.

Above all, sentimental texts used emotion as an important form of social and cultural distinction, as the attribution of sentience and feeling helped to define who would be recognized as human.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Festa, Lynn M. (Lynn Mary) (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Subjects:	1700-1799 English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism. French fiction > 18th century > History and criticism. Sentimentalism in literature. Imperialism in literature. Colonies in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Colonies in literature English fiction French fiction Imperialism in literature Sentimentalism in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:	Above all, sentimental texts used emotion as an important form of social and cultural distinction, as the attribution of sentience and feeling helped to define who would be recognized as human.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (viii, 300 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-288) and index.
ISBN:	9780801889349 0801889340
Source of Description, Etc. Note:	Print version record.