On Romances
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"On Romances" is an essay by Mary Wollstonecraft in which she critiques sentimental fiction and reflects on the moral and intellectual effects of romantic literature on readers, especially women.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| On Romances canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
essay
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literary_criticism_work ⓘ |
| addresses |
moral dangers of uncritical reading
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social consequences of popular fiction ⓘ tension between feeling and reason ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
critical engagement with literature
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intellectual development of women ⓘ moral improvement through reading ⓘ rational reading ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
guide women’s reading practices
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promote rational virtue in readers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
18th-century literary culture
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British Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ early feminist literary criticism ⓘ |
| author | Mary Wollstonecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concerns |
formation of female character
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influence of novels on women ⓘ intellectual autonomy of women ⓘ moral education ⓘ relationship between imagination and virtue ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
escapist reading
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excessive sensibility ⓘ moral shallowness in fiction ⓘ passive female characters ⓘ romance novels ⓘ sentimental fiction ⓘ unrealistic portrayals of love ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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feminist criticism ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Enlightenment rationalism
NERFINISHED
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early feminist thought ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Enlightenment
NERFINISHED
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early feminism ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
female education
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imagination ⓘ intellectual effects of literature ⓘ moral effects of literature ⓘ reading habits ⓘ romantic literature ⓘ sensibility ⓘ sentimental fiction ⓘ women readers ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
middle-class readers
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women readers ⓘ |
| workOf | Mary Wollstonecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: On Romances Description of subject: "On Romances" is an essay by Mary Wollstonecraft in which she critiques sentimental fiction and reflects on the moral and intellectual effects of romantic literature on readers, especially women.
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