Embodied Experience in British and French Literature, 1778–1814
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Embodied Experience in British and French Literature, 1778–1814

Women and Belonging

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  2. English
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Embodied Experience in British and French Literature, 1778–1814

Women and Belonging

About this book

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 their own (often forbidden) embodiment and asserted their élan vital. Interweaving texts by Edgeworth, Staël, Bernardin, Wordsworth, Smith, and Burney, Jillian Heydt-Stevenson posits the concept of belonging with, a generative, embodied experience of the nonhuman that foregrounds the interdependence among things, women, social systems, and justice. Exploring the benefits such embodied experiences offer, this book uncovers an ethical materialism in literature and illuminates how women characters who draw on things can secure rights that laws neither stipulate nor safeguard. In doing so, they-and their texts-transcend dualistic thinking to create positive ecological, personal, and political outcomes. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2025
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781009463959
Subtopic
English Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Imprints page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. Introduction: The ‘‘Delectable Valleys’’ of Things
  11. Chapter 1 Moving Together: Restoring Imperfection in the Venus de’ Medici and Lady Delacour
  12. Chapter 2 A Resuscitating Thing Theory: Gender and Embodied Cosmopolitanism in Corinne ou l’Italie’s Monuments
  13. Chapter 3 Listening to the Radiant Voices of Others: Diamonds and Jewels in Les bijoux indiscrets and Belinda
  14. Chapter 4 Recycling and Reembodying, Twining and Untwining: Paul et Virginie and Its After-Things
  15. Chapter 5 Recognizing the Right to Protection: The Scandal and Sanctuary of Hats in Evelina, The Wanderer, and Desmond
  16. Conclusion: Living in a Material World
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index

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