Narratives of joy in enlightenment and revolutionary france and britain: festivals and jubilees
Auteur :
Page-Jones, Kimberley
Éditeur :
Liverpool University Press
ISBN :
9781805969747
Date de publication :
18 déc. 2026
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
It traces the development of a ‘philosophy of joy’ within eighteenth-century theories of sociability and pastoral literature, from Shaftesbury to Rousseau, showing how joy and cheerfulness were conceived as ethical emotions capable of strengthening social bonds and making virtue visible.