Sensibility and Freedom: Two Early Feminist Novels. This essay deals with issues of sensibility in Enlightenment women's literature. Sensibility is the Enlightenment term for strong feeling, which was often disapproved of in women, yet encouraged in men. The essay explores how the characters in Wollstonecraft's Mary and Hays' Memoirs of Emma Courtney claim the power of sensibility for themselves. 4 pgs. Bibliography lists 3 sources. Pages: 4 Bibliography: 3 source(s) listed Filename: 5661 Sensibility and Freedom.doc Price: 35.80