The emotions in liberal writing, c.1790–c.1920

Jock Macleod, Peter Denney, William Christie

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN:
  9781526185587
• eBook ISBN:
  9781526185570
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

This volume from a selection of distinguished international scholars is the first of its kind to explore in depth the emotional dimensions of liberal writing in Britain over the long nineteenth century. Addressing liberal writing in the public sphere rather than high political or parliamentary liberalism, it comprises a clear, context-setting introduction and eleven substantive chapters. The chapters analyse key texts and figures from the 1790s through to the 1920s and offer several different approaches to the central concern with the emotions and liberalism. These include examining the place of the emotions in the 'good life'; the social and political function of the emotions; emotional rhetoric in liberal writing; and liberal theories of the emotions.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of figures
• List of contributors
• Introduction: liberalism and the emotions in the long nineteenth century
• Part I: Theoretical perspectives
• Part II: Gender and empire
• Part III: Liberal lives
• Part IV: Aesthetics and the senses
• Index