num_pages: 298
description: In this interdisciplinary study of sentimental discourse of the late eighteenth century, David J. Denby sheds new light on Enlightenment thought and sensibility. He situates sentimental subliterature in its social and political context, analyzing how its formal structures are reflected in contemporary theories and texts concerning society, morality, politics, and history. Denby argues that sentimentalism is central to the culture of late-eighteenth-century France. Texts discussed include works by Rousseau and de Stael.
language: English
title: Sentimental Narrative and the Social Order in France, 1760–1820
titlecomplete: Sentimental Narrative and the Social Order in France, 1760–1820 (Cambridge Studies in French, Series Number 47)
ratings_count: 4
series: Cambridge Studies in French
publisher: Cambridge University Press