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Embodied experience in British and French literature, 1778-1814 : women and belonging / Jillian Heydt-Stevenson, University of Colorado Boulder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heydt-Stevenson, Jillian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in literature.
- English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- French literature--18th century--History and criticism.
- French literature.
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- French literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- Belonging (Social psychology) in literature.
- Genre:
- Literary criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Combining feminist, materialist, and comparatist approaches, Jillian Heydt-Stevenson reveals evocative and hidden information about objects like diamonds, hats, and statues, demonstrating women's life-preserving ecological, social, and political connections to material things in literature from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries"-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Introduction: The "delectable valleys" of things
- Moving together: restoring imperfection in the Venus de' Medici and lady Delacour
- A resuscitating thing theory: gender and embodied cosmopolitanism in Corinne ou l'Italie's monuments
- Listening to the radiant voices of others: diamonds and jewels in Les bijoux indiscrets and Belinda
- Recycling and re-embodying, twining and untwining: Paul et Virginie and its after-things
- Recognizing the right to protection: the scandal and sanctuary of hats in Evelina, The wanderer, and Desmond
- Conclusion: Living in a material world
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Dec 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9781009463959
- 1009463950
- 9781009463966
- 1009463969
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access. Unrestricted online access
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