Women travel writers and the language of aesthetics, 1716-1818 /

British readers of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries eagerly consumed books of travels in an age of imperial expansion that was also the formative period of modern aesthetics. Beauty, sublimity, sensuous surfaces, and scenic views became conventions of travel writing as Britons applied f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bohls, Elizabeth A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Colección:Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 13.
Temas:
1700-1899
Travelers' writings, English > History and criticism.
Women travelers > Great Britain > Biography > History and criticism.
English prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
English prose literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
English prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Aesthetics, British > 18th century.
Aesthetics, British > 19th century.
Landscapes in literature.
English language > 18th century > Style.
English language > 19th century > Style.
Écrits de voyageurs anglais > Histoire et critique.
Voyageuses > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Prose anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Prose anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Esthétique britannique > 18e siècle.
Esthétique britannique > 19e siècle.
Paysages dans la littérature.
TRAVEL > Essays & Travelogues.
Aesthetics, British.
English language > Style.
English prose literature.
English prose literature > Women authors.
Travelers' writings, English.
Women and literature.
Women travelers > Biography.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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