'PALE & DEJECTED EXHAUSTED BY THE WASTE OF SORROW': COURTSHIP AND THE EXPRESSION OF EMOTION MARY SHACKLETON, 1783-1791

This essay explores the emotional expression of an eighteenth-century Irish woman, Mary Shackleton, during her courtship with William Leadbeater. It draws upon her diary, letters and poems to identify the external social and cultural forces that shaped her courtship experience, and explores the comp...

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Main Author: O'Neill, Kevin
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Community
Cultural identity
Emotions
Friendship
Marriage
Poetry
Religion
Social interaction
Society
Young adults
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Summary:This essay explores the emotional expression of an eighteenth-century Irish woman, Mary Shackleton, during her courtship with William Leadbeater. It draws upon her diary, letters and poems to identify the external social and cultural forces that shaped her courtship experience, and explores the complex, and only partially visible, dynamic that shaped her emotional expression. It identifies her network of young women friends, religious experience, and engagement with a wider intellectual world as the guide-posts to this emotional expression. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0923-411X
1875-7332