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Political Affairs of the Heart : Female Travel Writers, the Sentimental Travelogue, and Revolution, 1775-1800
"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 narrati...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick :
Bucknell University Press,
2022.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction: Critical Contexts: Eighteenth-Century Women's Travel Writing
- Part One: Mobile Feelings: Mapping the Sentimental Traveler
- 1. "Altogether of a Different Cast": The Development of the Sentimental Traveler
- Part Two: Divided Sympathies: Female Sentimental Travel Writers and the American Revolution
- 2. "I Am Sure You Will Share My Feelings": Janet Schaw's Journal of a Lady of Quality, Imperial Desire, and the American Revolution
- 3. The Ties That Bind: Sentimentalizing Colonialism in A Journey to the Highlands of Scotland
- Part Three: Sensibility in Distress: Female Sentimental Travel Writers and the French Revolution
- 4. Revitalizing Sensibility: Mary Morgan's Defense of Emotional Engagement in A Tour to Milford Haven
- 5. "A Renovation of Existence": Helen Maria Williams's A Tour in Switzerland and the Renewal of Political Vision
- Epilogue: "An Affair of the Heart"
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author