Rhetoric of sensibility in eighteenth-century culture /

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 d...

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Main Author:	Goring, Paul, 1970-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:	1700-1799 English literature > 18th century > History and criticism. Human body in literature. Sensitivity (Personality trait) in literature. Human body > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Human body > Symbolic aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Sensitivity (Personality trait) Eighteenth century. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
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