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Sentiment and Sociability The Language of Feeling in the Eighteenth Century

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Auteur:	Mullan, John
Titel:	Sentiment and Sociability The Language of Feeling in the Eighteenth Century
Uitgever:	Oxford University Press
ISBN:	9780198122524
Serie:	Clarendon Paperbacks
Land van oorsprong:	United Kingdom
Prijs:	€ 74.49
Verschijningsdatum:	06-09-1990
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

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Categorie:

Gender studies: women

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Verschijningsvorm:	Paperback / softback
Paginas:	270
Hoogte mm.:	213
Breedte mm.:	142
Dikte mm.:	17
Gewicht gr.:	370

Inhoud:

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.