Notes

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.

Classification

• LCC: PR448
• Dewey Decimal: 820.9/3561

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: xi, 222 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Body, Human, in literature -- History -- 18th century
• Sensitivity (Personality trait) -- History -- 18th century
• Body, Human -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
• Body, Human -- Symbolic aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
• Sensitivity (Personality trait)
• English literature -- 18th century
• Eighteenth century

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