The Resource Equivocal beings : politics, gender, and sentimentality in the 1790s : Wollstonecraft, Radcliffe, Burney, Austen, Claudia L. Johnson
Equivocal beings : politics, gender, and sentimentality in the 1790s : Wollstonecraft, Radcliffe, Burney, Austen, Claudia L. Johnson
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- Summary
- In the wake of the French Revolution, Edmund Burke argued that civil order depended upon nurturing the sensibility of men--upon the masculine cultivation of traditionally feminine qualities such as sentiment, tenderness, veneration, awe, gratitude, and even prejudice. Writers as diverse as Sterne, Goldsmith, Burke, and Rousseau were politically motivated to represent authority figures as men of feeling, but denied women comparable authority by representing their feelings as inferior, pathological, or criminal. Focusing on Mary Wollstonecraft, Ann Radcliffe, Frances Burney, and Jane Austen, whos
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 239 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction: The age of chivalry and the crisis of gender
- Mary Wollstonecraft. The distinction of the sexes: the Vindications ; Embodying the sentiments: Mary and The wrong of woman
- Ann Radcliffe. Less than man and more than woman: The romance of the forest ; The sex of suffering: The mystseries of Udolpho ; Losing the mother in the judge: The Italian
- Frances Burney. Statues, idiots, automatons: Camilla ; Vindicating the wrongs of woman: The wanderer
- Jane Austen. "Not at all what a man should be!": remaking English manhood in Emma
- Isbn
- 9780226401799
- Label
- Equivocal beings : politics, gender, and sentimentality in the 1790s : Wollstonecraft, Radcliffe, Burney, Austen
- Title
- Equivocal beings
- Title remainder
- politics, gender, and sentimentality in the 1790s : Wollstonecraft, Radcliffe, Burney, Austen
- Statement of responsibility
- Claudia L. Johnson
- Subject
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- 1700-1799
- Art d'écrire -- Différences entre sexes
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Critique et interprétation
- Authorship -- Sex differences
- Authorship -- Sex differences | History -- 18th century
- Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840
- Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 -- Critique et interprétation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Engels
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- Women authors
- English fiction -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Femininity in literature
- Femininity in literature
- Femmes et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Féminité dans la littérature
- Great Britain
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Letterkunde
- Political fiction, English
- Political fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Politiek
- Politique et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Psychological fiction, English
- Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823 -- Critique et interprétation
- Radcliffe, Ann, 1764-1823
- Radcliffe, Ann, 1764-1823 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Roman anglais -- 18e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature
- Sentimentalism in literature
- Sentimentalism in literature
- Sentimentalisme
- Sex role in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Vrouwelijke auteurs
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 -- Critique et interprétation
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Écrits de femmes anglais -- Histoire et critique
- Sentimentalisme dans la littérature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the wake of the French Revolution, Edmund Burke argued that civil order depended upon nurturing the sensibility of men--upon the masculine cultivation of traditionally feminine qualities such as sentiment, tenderness, veneration, awe, gratitude, and even prejudice. Writers as diverse as Sterne, Goldsmith, Burke, and Rousseau were politically motivated to represent authority figures as men of feeling, but denied women comparable authority by representing their feelings as inferior, pathological, or criminal. Focusing on Mary Wollstonecraft, Ann Radcliffe, Frances Burney, and Jane Austen, whos
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnson, Claudia L
- Dewey number
- 823/.6099287
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR858.W6
- LC item number
- J64 1995eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Women in culture and society
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wollstonecraft, Mary
- Radcliffe, Ann
- Burney, Fanny
- Austen, Jane
- English fiction
- Politics and literature
- Women and literature
- Psychological fiction, English
- English fiction
- Authorship
- Political fiction, English
- Femininity in literature
- Sentimentalism in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Wollstonecraft, Mary
- Radcliffe, Ann Ward
- Burney, Fanny
- Austen, Jane
- Austen, Jane
- Burney, Fanny
- Radcliffe, Ann
- Wollstonecraft, Mary
- Politique et littérature
- Femmes et littérature
- Roman anglais
- Féminité dans la littérature
- Sentimentalisme dans la littérature
- Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature
- Écrits de femmes anglais
- Art d'écrire
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Authorship
- English fiction
- English fiction
- Femininity in literature
- Political fiction, English
- Politics and literature
- Psychological fiction, English
- Sentimentalism in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Women and literature
- Great Britain
- Engels
- Letterkunde
- Vrouwelijke auteurs
- Sentimentalisme
- Politiek
- Label
- Equivocal beings : politics, gender, and sentimentality in the 1790s : Wollstonecraft, Radcliffe, Burney, Austen, Claudia L. Johnson
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-231) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The age of chivalry and the crisis of gender -- Mary Wollstonecraft. The distinction of the sexes: the Vindications ; Embodying the sentiments: Mary and The wrong of woman -- Ann Radcliffe. Less than man and more than woman: The romance of the forest ; The sex of suffering: The mystseries of Udolpho ; Losing the mother in the judge: The Italian -- Frances Burney. Statues, idiots, automatons: Camilla ; Vindicating the wrongs of woman: The wanderer -- Jane Austen. "Not at all what a man should be!": remaking English manhood in Emma
- Control code
- 593240116
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 239 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226401799
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)593240116
- Label
- Equivocal beings : politics, gender, and sentimentality in the 1790s : Wollstonecraft, Radcliffe, Burney, Austen, Claudia L. Johnson
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-231) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The age of chivalry and the crisis of gender -- Mary Wollstonecraft. The distinction of the sexes: the Vindications ; Embodying the sentiments: Mary and The wrong of woman -- Ann Radcliffe. Less than man and more than woman: The romance of the forest ; The sex of suffering: The mystseries of Udolpho ; Losing the mother in the judge: The Italian -- Frances Burney. Statues, idiots, automatons: Camilla ; Vindicating the wrongs of woman: The wanderer -- Jane Austen. "Not at all what a man should be!": remaking English manhood in Emma
- Control code
- 593240116
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 239 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226401799
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)593240116
Subject
- 1700-1799
- Art d'écrire -- Différences entre sexes
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Critique et interprétation
- Authorship -- Sex differences
- Authorship -- Sex differences | History -- 18th century
- Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840
- Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 -- Critique et interprétation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Engels
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- Women authors
- English fiction -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Femininity in literature
- Femininity in literature
- Femmes et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Féminité dans la littérature
- Great Britain
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Letterkunde
- Political fiction, English
- Political fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Politiek
- Politique et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Psychological fiction, English
- Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823 -- Critique et interprétation
- Radcliffe, Ann, 1764-1823
- Radcliffe, Ann, 1764-1823 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Roman anglais -- 18e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature
- Sentimentalism in literature
- Sentimentalism in literature
- Sentimentalisme
- Sex role in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Vrouwelijke auteurs
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 -- Critique et interprétation
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Écrits de femmes anglais -- Histoire et critique
- Sentimentalisme dans la littérature
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