Delicate subjects

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"There is no more romantic a tendency in contemporary critical theory, Julie Ellison asserts, than its emerging analysis of philosophical language as masculine and aggressive. Addressing the interrelated issues of the history of anxieties about rational violence and the significance of the feminine in romantic literature and theory, Ellison focuses on the works of three major writers -Schleiermacher, Coleridge, and Fuller- and on the 'delicate,' and perennially challenging, subject of the function of gender in ethical discourse. Her book yields a fresh perspective on the importance of the romantic tradition for feminism and on the role of feminism in the current reevaluation of romanticism."--Back cover of paperback ed.

subjects: Feminism and literature,  English literature,  Theory,  Criticism and interpretation,  History and criticism,  Sex role in literature,  Romanticism,  Ethics in literature,  Fuller, margaret, 1810-1850,  Schleiermacher, friedrich, 1768-1834,  Coleridge, samuel taylor, 1772-1834,  English literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  Critique et interprétation,  Littérature anglaise,  Histoire et critique,  Théorie,  Romantisme,  Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature,  Féminisme et littérature,  Morale dans la littérature,  08.24 newer western philosophy (17-19th century),  18.05 English literature,  18.06 Anglo-American literature,  Englisch,  Romantik,  Ethik,  Literatur,  Frau,  Transcendentalisme,  Romantiek,  Sekseverschillen