Strange fits of passion : epistemologies of emotion, Hume to Austen

Strange fits of passion : epistemologies of emotion, Hume to Austen /

This book contends that when late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century writers sought to explain the origins of emotions, they often discovered that their feelings may not really have been their own. It explores the paradoxes of representing feelings in philosophy, aesthetic theory, gender ideol...

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Main Author: Pinch, Adela, 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Hume, David, > 1711-1776.
Radcliffe, Ann, > 1764-1823. > Mysteries of Udolpho.
Wordsworth, William, > 1770-1850 > Knowledge and learning.
Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817. > Persuasion.
Smith, Charlotte, > 1749-1806 > Poetic works.
Wordsworth, William, > 1770-1850.
Smith, Charlotte, > 1749-1806.
Persuasion (Austen, Jane)
Mysteries of Udolpho (Radcliffe, Ann)
1700-1899
Philosophy of passions.
Psychology.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Emotions in literature.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Emotions (Philosophy) > History > 18th century.
Literature > Psychological aspects.
English literature.
Emotions (Philosophy)
Literature.
Learning and scholarship.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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