| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 222 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-213) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Spectacular passions : eighteenth-century oratory and the reform of eloquence -- Bodies on the borders of politeness : 'Orator Henley', Methodist enthusiasm and polite literature -- Thomas Sheridan : forging the British body -- The art of acting : mid-century stagecraft and the broadcast of feeling -- Polite reading : sentimental fiction and the performance of response -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
Paul Goring explores the eighteenth-century fascination with the human body as an eloquent, expressive object. Through innovative readings of Sterne, Richardson and other authors alongside manuals on acting and public speaking, Goring reveals the ways in which the body became an instrument for the display of sensibility and polite values. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Human body in literature.
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Human body in literature. |
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Sensitivity (Personality trait) in literature.
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Sensitivity (Personality trait) in literature. |
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Human body -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Human body -- Social aspects. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Human body -- Symbolic aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Human body -- Symbolic aspects. |
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Sensitivity (Personality trait)
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Sensitivity (Personality trait) |
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Eighteenth century.
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Eighteenth century. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Goring, Paul, 1970- Rhetoric of sensibility in eighteenth-century culture. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2005 0521845092 9780521845090 (DLC) 2005279208 (OCoLC)57626914 |
| ISBN |
9780511265723 (electronic book) |
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0511265727 (electronic book) |
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0511263449 |
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9780511263446 |
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0511264259 |
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9780511264252 |
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051126500X (electronic book) |
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9780511265006 (electronic book) |
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9780511484261 |
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0511484267 |
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0521845092 (Cloth) |
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9780521845090 |
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