Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print

Csengei, I.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349339044

DOI: 10.1057/9780230359178

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 261