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Wit, virtue, and emotion : British women's Enlightenment rhetoric / Elizabeth Tasker Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Elizabeth Tasker, 1962- author.
- Series:
- Studies in rhetorics and feminisms
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Women.
- English language--Rhetoric.
- History.
- Feminism and rhetoric.
- Great Britain.
- Social conditions.
- Feminism and rhetoric--Great Britain.
- Women--Great Britain--Language.
- English language--Rhetoric--History.
- English language.
- English wit and humor.
- Virtue in literature.
- Emotions in literature.
- Enlightenment--Great Britain.
- Enlightenment.
- Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.
- Intellectual life.
- Women--Language.
- Women--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Author Elizabeth Tasker Davis demonstrates in this comprehensive study how wit, virtue, and fine feeling built upon each other in overlapping, gendered appeals for women's rights and capabilities in the late seventeenth to the late eighteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: A Gendered Enlightenment
- Entering the Conversation
- The Fivefold Paradigm of Enlightenment Rhetoric
- New Methods for Studying Women's Rhetorics
- Chapter Previews
- Conclusion
- ch. 1 A Revolution in Mood: Emblems, Embodiment, and Ephemera
- Political Gendering: From Sexuality to Politeness
- Traditional Roles and New Identities
- Sociability and Ephemeral Women's Rhetoric
- ch. 2 On the Stage: Dramatized Women's Rhetoric
- Restoration Theater as Rhetorical Site
- The Actress as Professional Rhetor
- Dramatic Collaborations and the Double Speaker
- ch. 3 In Sociable Venues: Clubs, Salons, and Debating Societies
- Sociable Contexts and Influences
- Venue Accessibility and Ambience
- Women Speakers in Debating Societies
- A Public Stage for Moral Values
- ch. 4 On the Page: Written Rhetoric and Arguments about Education
- Women Writers Writing Rhetoric
- Protofeminist Persuasive Genres and Rhetorical Theory
- Women's Published Arguments on Education
- Key Findings
- Implications
- New Directions
- Appendixes
- A. Eighteenth-Century Terminology for Sex and Gender Identity
- B. Table of Precedency among Ladies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Davis, Elizabeth Tasker, 1962- Wit, virtue, and emotion
- ISBN:
- 9780809338276
- 0809338270
- OCLC:
- 1203961270
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