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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England]
Introduction -- Spectacular passions : eighteenth-century oratory and the reform of eloquence -- Bodies on the borders of politeness : 'Orator Henley', Methodist enthusiasm and polite literature -- Thomas Sheridan : forging the British body -- The...
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Introduction -- Spectacular passions : eighteenth-century oratory and the reform of eloquence -- Bodies on the borders of politeness : 'Orator Henley', Methodist enthusiasm and polite literature -- Thomas Sheridan : forging the British body -- The art of acting : mid-century stagecraft and the broadcast of feeling -- Polite reading : sentimental fiction and the performance of response -- Epilogue. Paul Goring explores the eighteenth-century fascination with the human body as an eloquent, expressive object. Through innovative readings of Sterne, Richardson and other authors alongside manuals on acting and public speaking, Goring reveals the ways in which the body became an instrument for the display of sensibility and polite values
