Embodied experience in British and French literature, 1778-1814 : women and belonging /
Combining feminist, materialist, and comparatist approaches, this study examines how French and British women writers working at a transformative time for European literature connected vibrantly to objects as diverse as statues, monuments, diamonds, and hats. In such connections, they manifested the...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2025.
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009463966 |
Table of 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.