Political affairs of the heart female travel writers, the sentimental travelogue, and revolution, 1775-1800 /

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Richly researched and engagingly written, Political Affairs of the Heart traces the emergence of female sentimental travel writing in late eighteenth-century Britain, and posits its centrality to women's engagement with national and gender politics. This study examines four travel narratives wr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Netten Blimke, Linda (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2022]
Colección:Transits: literature, thought & culture 1650-1850
Temas:
1700-1799
Travel writers > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Travel writing > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Women > Political activity > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Voyage > Art d'écrire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Femmes > Activité politique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Travel writers
Travel writing
Women > Political activity
Great Britain
travel writing, female travel writers, sensibility, revolution, bluestocking, Helen Maria Williams, Mary Morgan, Janet Schaw.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Critical Contexts: Eighteenth-Century Women's Travel Writing
  • Part One: Mobile Feelings: Mapping the Sentimental Traveler
  • Part Two: Divided Sympathies: Female Sentimental Travel Writers and the American Revolution
  • Part Three: Sensibility in Distress: Female Sentimental Travel Writers and the French Revolution
  • Epilogue: "An Affair of the Heart"
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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