Sentimental Figures of Empire in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France |
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| Author:
| Festa, Lynn |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-8430-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2006 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $62.00 |
Book Description:
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In this ambitious and original study, Lynn Festa examines how and why sentimental fiction became one of the primary ways of representing British and French relations with colonial populations in the eighteenth century. Drawing from novels, poetry, travel narratives, commerce manuals, and philosophical writings, Festa shows how sentimentality ......
In this ambitious and original study, Lynn Festa examines how and why sentimental fiction became one of the primary ways of representing British and French relations with colonial populations in the eighteenth century. Drawing from novels, poetry, travel narratives, commerce manuals, and philosophical writings, Festa shows how sentimentality ......