Sympathy, sensibility and the literature of feeling in the eighteenth century
Auteur :
Csengei, I.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349339044
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2012
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
What makes it possible for self-interest, cruelty and violence to become part of the benevolent, compassionate ideology of eighteenth-century sensibility? This book explores forms of emotional response, including sympathy, tears, swoons and melancholia through a range of eighteenth-century literary, philosophical and scientific texts.