Sentimentalism, Ethics and the Culture of Feeling
| Author | : M. Bell |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2000-09-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780230595507 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0230595502 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (502 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Sentimentalism, Ethics and the Culture of Feeling by : M. Bell
Download or read book Sentimentalism, Ethics and the Culture of Feeling written by M. Bell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-09-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sentimentalism, Ethics and the Culture of Feeling defends feeling against customary distrust or condescension by showing that the affective turn of the eighteenth-century cult of sentiment, despite its sometimes surreal manifestations, has led to a positive culture of feeling. The very reaction against sentimentalism has taught us to identity sentimentality. Fiction, moreover, remains a principal means not just of discriminating quality of feeling but of appreciating its essentially imaginative nature.
