Preface Introduction 1. Spectacular passions: eighteenth-century oratory and the reform of eloquence 2. Bodies on the borders of politeness: 'Orator Henley', Methodist enthusiasm and polite literature 3. Thomas Sheridan: forging the British body 4. The art of acting: mid-century stagecraft and the broadcast of feeling 5. Polite reading: sentimental fiction and the performance of response Epilogue Bibliography Index.
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