The rhetoric of sensibility in eighteenth-century culture /
Goring, Paul,1970-
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-213) and index.
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
Human body in literature
Sensitivity (Personality trait)
Human body
Human body
Sensitivity (Personality trait)
English literature
Eighteenth century.