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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,...

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

Subject:

English literature

Creator:

Botz, Samantha

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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
A Sociable Silence: Silence and Sympathy in the Victorian Novel

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This dissertation argues that silence played a fundamental role in the Victorian novel and in Victorian novel writing, operating as a productive force in service of sympathetic exchange and creative labor. It examines Charles Lamb's and Thomas Carlyle’s foundational roles in detaching silence from its traditional Romantic associations with solitude,...

Keyword:

Environment, Sympathy, Victorian, Literature, Space, and Silence

Subject:

History and English literature

Creator:

Mason, Sarah Michelle

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

10/07/2021

Date Created:

2021-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

etdadmin_upload_838563 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15678

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