Making Love
Sentiment and Sexuality in Eighteenth-Century British Literature
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
| Author: | Paul Kelleher | ISBN: | 9781611486940 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press | Publication: | July 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Bucknell University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Paul Kelleher |
| ISBN: | 9781611486940 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press |
| Publication: | July 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Bucknell University Press |
| Language: | English |
Making Love closely reexamines the literary history of sentimentalism in order to open up new ways of understanding the history of sexuality. Paul Kelleher argues that British sentimental authors in the eighteenth century imagine heterosexual desire and conjugal love as forms of moral sensibility; this ideological vision, in which heterosexuality is equated with sympathy, benevolence, and moral goodness, persists to this day and informs contemporary debates regarding sexual ethics and same-sex marriage and adoption.
Making Love closely reexamines the literary history of sentimentalism in order to open up new ways of understanding the history of sexuality. Paul Kelleher argues that British sentimental authors in the eighteenth century imagine heterosexual desire and conjugal love as forms of moral sensibility; this ideological vision, in which heterosexuality is equated with sympathy, benevolence, and moral goodness, persists to this day and informs contemporary debates regarding sexual ethics and same-sex marriage and adoption.
