Title The Female Reader in the English Novel : From Burney to Austen

Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (209 pages) Series Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature. Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Texts, Bodies, Readers; 1 'The Easy Communication of Sentiments': Frances Burney, Charlotte Smith and the Complications of Sympathy; 2 'Reading Responsive Emotions': Memoirs of Emma Courtney and Memoirs of Modern Philosophers; 3 Elizabeth Inchbald: 'Reading as a Critic, or Rather as an Author'; 4 Comparing 'Likeness' with 'Likeness': Belinda and the Portrait; 5 'Absorbed Attention': Catherine Morland, Anne Elliot and Fanny Price; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary In the second half of the eighteenth century the female reader was a frequent topic of cultural debate and moral concern. This book examines the variety of ways in which women read the social world in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century novel Notes Print version record Subject Authors and readers -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Authors and readers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century English prose literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism English prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Women -- Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Women -- Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Authors and readers English prose literature Literature and society Women and literature Women -- Books and reading Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203888674 0203888677

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