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Sentimental Novel

A "Sentimental Novel" is a literary genre of the eighteenth-century French novel that belongs to the broader category of narrative fiction characterized by its focus on the emotional experiences, moral sensibility, and psychological interiority of characters, distinguished from other novelistic forms by its emphasis on feeling, empathy, and the ethical cultivation of the reader through affective engagement.

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85

Authors

7

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2

Variants

Novel Of Sensibility

Parents

Publications

84

The politics of sensibility: race, gender and commerce in the sentimental novel

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 426 citations

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Virtue in Distress: Studies in the Novel of Sentiment from Richardson to Sade.

Jack Undank, R. F. Brissenden · MLN · 1975 · 194 citations

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Activist sentiments: reading black women in the nineteenth century

Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 194 citations

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Virtue in Distress: Studies in the Novel of Sentiment From Richardson to Sade.

John A. Dussinger, R. F. Brissenden · Eighteenth-Century Studies · 1976 · 113 citations

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The Sentimental Novel in America, 1789-1860

John Lydenberg, Herbert R. Brown · The New England Quarterly · 1941 · 105 citations

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Authors

85

  1. HR
    Herbert R. Brown

    Strong Memorial Hospital, United States

    4 publications · 208 citations

    4

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  2. RF
    R. F. Brissenden

    2 publications · 307 citations

    2

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  3. ML
    Mary Louise Kete

    2 publications · 50 citations

    2

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  4. GH
    Glenn Hendler

    New Haven Public Schools, United States

    2 publications · 70 citations

    2

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  5. LM
    Laura McCall

    University of New Mexico, United States

    1 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

7

  1. Haverford College

    Haverford, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  2. Birkbeck, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  3. Lewis & Clark College

    Portland, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  4. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  5. Washington and Lee University

    Lexington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  6. University of Houston - Downtown

    Houston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  7. Hope College

    Holland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  8. Universitat de les Illes Balears

    Palma, Spain

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 18 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. Studies in American fiction

    SAF · 5 publications · 169 citations

    5

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  3. American Literature

    3 publications · 68 citations

    3

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  4. Eighteenth-Century Fiction

    3 publications · 134 citations

    3

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  5. Early American literature

    EAL · 3 publications · 49 citations

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