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Beginning with Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), this study positions feminine genres such as the Gothic romance and Bluestocking poetry, usually seen as outliers in a masculine Age of Reason, as essential to understanding emotion's role in Enlightenment narratives of progress.

A Feminine Enlightenment

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 27/03/2017
      ISBN13: 9781474423151, 978-1474423151
      ISBN10: 1474423159
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: fiction Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Beginning with Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), this study positions feminine genres such as the Gothic romance and Bluestocking poetry, usually seen as outliers in a masculine Age of Reason, as essential to understanding emotion's role in Enlightenment narratives of progress.

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