Gender and language in British literary criticism, 1660-1790. [elektronicky zdroj]
| Autor: | Runge, Laura L., author |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Informace o vydání: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. |
| Předmět: |
Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism -- Theory etc English literature -- Early modern 1500-1700 -- History and criticism -- Theory etc English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Theory etc Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Sex differences (Psychology) in literature -- Terminology Language and languages -- Sex differences -- Terminology Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Authorship -- Sex differences -- Terminology Criticism -- Terminology |
| Druh dokumentu: | Online; Non-fiction; Electronic document |
| Abstrakt: | Summary: During the eighteenth century, British critics applied terms of gender to literature according to the belief that masculine values represented the best literature and feminine terms signified less important works or authors. Laura Runge contends however that the meaning of gendered terms like 'manly' or 'effeminate' changes over time, and that the language of eighteenth-century criticism cannot be fully understood without careful analysis of the gendered language of the era. She examines conventions in various fields of critical language - Dryden's prose, the early novel, criticism by women, and the developing aesthetic - to show how gendered epistemology shaped critical 'truths'. Her exploration of critical commonplaces, such as regarding the heroic and the sublime as masculine modes and the novel as a feminine genre, addresses issues central to eighteenth-century studies. |
| Databáze: | Vybrané kolekce e-knih |
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