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The Limits of the Human: Fictions of Anomaly, Race and Gender in the Long Eighteenth Century
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Product Description
Felicity Nussbaum examines literary and cultural representations of human difference in England and its empire during the eighteenth century. Focusing especially on women's writing, Nussbaum analyzes it from the Restoration to abolition by considering a range of anomalies (defects, disease, and disability) as they intermingle with ideas of femininity, masculinity, and race to define "normalcy". Incorporating writings by Burney, Johnson, Sterne, Equiano and others, she covers a range of disabilities altered by emerging concepts of racial femininity and masculinity.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1832994 in Books
- Published on: 2003-06-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 348 pages
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"The moral impetus and humane sensibility of The Limits of the Human are evident ..." Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
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"The moral impetus and humane sensibility of The Limits of the Human are evident . . ." Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
About the Author
Felicity Nussbaum is Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Torrid Zones: Maternity, Sexuality and Empire in Eighteenth-Century English Narratives (1995).
