Sentiment and Sociability: The Language of Feeling in the Eighteenth Century

Mullan, John

ISBN 10: 0198128657 / ISBN 13: 9780198128656

Edité par Clarendon Press, 1988

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Hardcover, good condition, light tan, writings of pencil on some pages, spots on back cover, 22.0x14.0cm, 261pp. N° de réf. du vendeur a30335

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Titre : Sentiment and Sociability: The Language of ...

Éditeur : Clarendon Press

Date d'édition : 1988

Reliure : Couverture rigide

Etat : Good

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Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings,in fair all round condition, suitable as a study copy.

Revue de presse:

'Mullan's prose is stylish ... and his argument compelling ... this is a remarkable study of sentimentalism.'Times Literary Supplement

'Mullan has provided a stimulating study which is not afraid to explore complex themes and be provocative in its judgements' Times Higher Education Supplement

'admirable study' Notes and Queries

'responsible, informed and thoughtful book' Yvonne Noble, British Journal of 18th Century Studies, 13:2

`Mullan's study is a valuable, sustained, and richly suggestive meditation on the essential ambiguity of the language of feeling. He deserves much credit for his refusal to talk reductively about a subject so complex ... I can highly recommend this book.' Eighteenth-Century Fiction

'absorbing study' English Studes

Mullan's book is an original and important contribution to the history of ideas. It offers brilliant and convincing reinterpretations kof Clarissa adn Tristam Shandy. (The Eighteenth Century)