Brodey, Inger Sigrun.

Ruined by design : shaping novels and gardens in the culture of sensibility / Inger Sigrun Brodey. - New York : Routledge, 2008. - xxiv, 274 p. - Literary criticism and cultural theory .

Redeeming ruin -- The anatomy of follies -- Reading ruin -- Constructing human ruin.

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Sentimentalism in literature.
English fiction--History and criticism.--18th century
French fiction--History and criticism.--18th century
German fiction--History and criticism.--18th century
Emotions in literature.
Sympathy in literature.
Gardens in literature.
Ruins in literature.
Picturesque, The, in literature.
Emotions (Philosophy)

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