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The Rhetoric of Sensibility in Eighteenth-Century Culture
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Artikel-Nr:
9780521103206
Veröffentl:
2008
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
31.10.2008
Seiten:
236
Autor:
Paul Goring
Gewicht:
390 g
Format:
229x152x14 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Paul Goring is Senior Lecturer in British Literature and Culture at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
The Rhetoric of Sensibility in Eighteenth-Century Culture explores the eighteenth-century fascination with the human body as an eloquent, expressive object.
Preface; Introduction; 1. Spectacular passions: eighteenth-century oratory and the reform of eloquence; 2. Bodies on the borders of politeness: 'Orator Henley', Methodist enthusiasm and polite literature; 3. Thomas Sheridan: forging the British body; 4. The art of acting: mid-century stagecraft and the broadcast of feeling; 5. Polite reading: sentimental fiction and the performance of response; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.