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Framing feeling

Barbara M. Benedict

1994261 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1994
first published
  • 1994AMS Press · 261 pages · ENGISBN 9780404635268

How did eighteenth-century literature confront sentimentalism? By examining novels, periodicals, and literary miscellanies, Framing Feeling demonstrates that writers and publishers muted sentimental ideals. This book analyzes fictional conventions that authorize conservative notions of gender, aesthetics, and politics even in works considered revolutionary.

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