By examining the motif of ruination in a variety of late-eighteenth-century domains, this book portrays the moral aesthetic of the culture of sensibility in Europe, particularly its negotiation of the demands of tradition and pragmatism alongside utopian longings for authenticity, natural goodness, self-governance, mutual transparency, and instantaneous kinship.
By examining the motif of ruination in a variety of late-eighteenth-century domains, this book portrays the moral aesthetic of the culture of sensibility in Europe, particularly its negotiation of the demands of tradition and pragmatism alongside utopian longings for authenticity, natural goodness, self-governance, mutual transparency, and instantaneous kinship.
An award-winning teacher and essayist, Dr. Brodey is Assistant Professor in English and Comparative Literature and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has published extensively on Jane Austen, Laurence Sterne, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Preromanticism, and the Culture of Sensibility.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Sensibility and its Discontents Chapter One: Redeeming Ruin Chapter Two: The Anatomy of Follies Chapter Three: Reading Ruin Chapter Four: Constructing Human Ruin Afterword: The Luxuries of Distress Notes Index
List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Sensibility and its Discontents Chapter One: Redeeming Ruin Chapter Two: The Anatomy of Follies Chapter Three: Reading Ruin Chapter Four: Constructing Human Ruin Afterword: The Luxuries of Distress Notes Index
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