Framing feeling
Subtitle: sentiment and style in English prose fiction, 1745-1800
By: Barbara M. Benedict.
Series: AMS studies in the eighteenth century,; no. 26
Publisher: AMS Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.; Sentimentalism in literature.; English language -- 18th century -- Style.; Emotions in literature.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-257) and index.