Sentimental bodies : sex, gender, and citizenship in the early republic
Sentimentalism, sex, the construction of the modern body, and the origins of American liberalism all come under scrutiny in this rich discussion of political life in the early republic. Here Bruce Burgett enters into debates over the "public sphere," a concept introduced by Jurgen Habermas that has led theorists to grapple with such polarities as public and private, polity and personality, citizenship and subjection. With the literary public sphere as his primary focus, Burgett sets out to challenge the Enlightenment opposition of reason and sentiment as the fundamental grid for understanding American political culture
eBook, English, ©1998
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ©1998
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (213 pages)
9781400811144, 9780691015590, 1400811147, 0691015597
51444050
United States liberalism and the public sphere
The patriot's two bodies: nationality and corporeality in George Washington's "Farewell Address"
Corresponding sentiments and republican letters: Hannah Foster's The Coquette
Masochism and male sentimentalism: Charles Brockden Brown's Clara Howard
Obscene publics: Jesse Sharpless and Harriet Jacob
Afterword: closeted sentiments