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Sympathetic Subjects: Politics, Feeling, and the Space of Narrative in the Long Eighteenth Century

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This dissertation examines how eighteenth-century ethics were reimagined by Enlightenment-era and Romantic women writes to better afford the grounds for political revolution and responsive reform. Whereas Adam Smith’s theatrical model of sympathy casts individuals in the passive role of spectators who feel deeply but are not necessarily moved to act,...

Keyword:

Sympathy, Eighteenth century, Narrative , British literature, Romanticism , and Politics

Subject:

English literature

Creator:

Botz, Samantha

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/02/2022

Date Created:

2021-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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etdadmin_upload_851316 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15799