3. Judging Clarissa’s Heart

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Reconstructing Sentimentalism 11
6. 2. Sentimentalism and the Discourses of Freedom: The Aesthetic Analogy from Hume to Arendt 37
7. 3. Judging Clarissa’s Heart 59
8. 4. A Sentimental Education: Rousseau to Godwin 81
9. 5. Judgment, Propriety, and the Critique of Sensibility: The “Sentimental” Jane Austen 116
10. Notes 147
11. Index 177