Rhetoric of Sensibility in Eighteenth-Century Culture

Informationen zum Autor Paul Goring is Senior Lecturer in British Literature and Culture at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Klappentext The Rhetoric of Sensibility in Eighteenth-Century Culture explores the eighteenth-century fascination with the human body as an eloquent, expressive object. Zusammenfassung The Rhetoric of Sensibility in Eighteenth-Century Culture explores the burgeoning eighteenth-century fascination with the human body as an eloquent! expressive object. This wide-ranging study charts the efforts of projectors and reformers who sought to exploit the textual potential of the body for the public assertion of modern politeness. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Spectacular passions: eighteenth-century oratory and the reform of eloquence; 2. Bodies on the borders of politeness: 'Orator Henley', Methodist enthusiasm and polite literature; 3. Thomas Sheridan: forging the British body; 4. The art of acting: mid-century stagecraft and the broadcast of feeling; 5. Polite reading: sentimental fiction and the performance of response; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Goring, Paul (Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige U Goring
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521103206
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10320-6
• No. of pages: 236
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies