The Politics of Sensibility Race, Gender and Commerce in the Sentimental Novel |
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| Author:
| Ellis, Markman |
| Contribution by:
| Butler, Marilyn
Chandler, James |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-60427-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2004 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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Markman Ellis contests the enduring view that the sentimental novel is concerned only with displays of refined feeling. He analyses such fiction's engagement in public controversies of the late eighteenth century: emerging anti-slavery opinion, discourse on the morality of commerce, and the movement to reform prostitution.
Markman Ellis contests the enduring view that the sentimental novel is concerned only with displays of refined feeling. He analyses such fiction's engagement in public controversies of the late eighteenth century: emerging anti-slavery opinion, discourse on the morality of commerce, and the movement to reform prostitution.