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Sentiment and sociability : the language of feeling in the eighteenth century /

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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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Main Author: Mullan, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1988.
Subjects:
Richardson, Samuel, > 1689-1761 > Criticism and interpretation.
Sterne, Laurence, > 1713-1768 > Criticism and interpretation.
Hume, David, > 1711-1776 > Ethics.
Hume, David, > 1711-1776.
Richardson, Samuel, > 1689-1761.
Sterne, Laurence, > 1713-1768.
Richardson, Samuel, > (1689-1761) > Critique et interprétation.
Hume, David, > (1711-1776) > Critique et interprétation.
Sterne, Laurence, > (1713-1768) > Critique et interprétation.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Sentimentalism in literature.
Social ethics in literature.
Social interaction in literature.
Interpersonal relations in literature.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Didactic literature, English > History and criticism.
English literature.
Littérature anglaise.
Sentimentalisme dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Morale sociale dans la littérature.
Interaction sociale dans la littérature.
Relations humaines dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Littérature didactique anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Didactic literature, English.
Ethics.
Literature and society.
Great Britain.
Sentimentalisme.
Maatschappij.
Letterkunde.
Engels.
Sentimentalisme dans la littérature anglaise.
Morale sociale dans la littérature anglaise.
1700-1799
English literature, 1837-1900. > Sentimentalism - Critical studies
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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