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The Politics of Sensibility

- Race, Gender and Commerce in the Sentimental Novel

About The Politics of Sensibility

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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521604277
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 280
  • Published:
  • July 28, 2004
  • Dimensions:
  • 228x152x20 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 452 g.
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Expected delivery: December 8, 2024

Description of The Politics of Sensibility

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.

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