In Sensibility, originally published in 1986, Janet Todd charts the growth and decline of sentimental writing as a privileged mode in the eighteenth century. She shows how sentimental writing is riven with contradictions.
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Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. Historical Background 3. Drama 4. Poetry 5. Fiction: Samuel Richardson 6. Fiction: The Man of Feeling 7. Fiction: The Woman of Feeling 8. The Attack on Sensibility 9. Epilogue. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index.