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Rhetoric of sensibility in eighteenth-century culture, Paul Goring

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-213) and index

index present

non fiction

Rhetoric of sensibility in eighteenth-century culture

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Paul Goring

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