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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instanceOf essay
literary_criticism_work
addresses moral dangers of uncritical reading
social consequences of popular fiction
tension between feeling and reason
advocatesFor critical engagement with literature
intellectual development of women
moral improvement through reading
rational reading
aimsTo guide women’s reading practices
promote rational virtue in readers
associatedWith 18th-century literary culture
British Enlightenment NERFINISHED
early feminist literary criticism
author Mary Wollstonecraft NERFINISHED
concerns formation of female character
influence of novels on women
intellectual autonomy of women
moral education
relationship between imagination and virtue
countryOfOrigin Great Britain NERFINISHED
critiques escapist reading
excessive sensibility
moral shallowness in fiction
passive female characters
romance novels
sentimental fiction
unrealistic portrayals of love
genre essay
feminist criticism
literary criticism
hasPerspective Enlightenment rationalism NERFINISHED
early feminist thought
language English
literaryMovement Enlightenment NERFINISHED
early feminism
mainTopic female education
imagination
intellectual effects of literature
moral effects of literature
reading habits
romantic literature
sensibility
sentimental fiction
women readers
targetAudience middle-class readers
women readers
workOf Mary Wollstonecraft NERFINISHED

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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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