Wounded hearts : masculinity, law, and literature in American culture /

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Looking beyond the traditional categories of sentiment, sensibility, and sympathy, this book suggests a different approach to reading emotionalism among men. From the Civil War to the early twentieth century, it traces the history of male emotionalism in American discourse.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Travis, Jennifer, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2005.
Temas:
American fiction > History and criticism.
Masculinity in literature.
Emotions in literature.
Men in literature.
Law in literature.
Roman américain > Histoire et critique.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
Émotions dans la littérature.
Hommes dans la littérature.
Droit dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Emotions in literature
Law in literature
Masculinity in literature
Men in literature
Mannelijkheid.
Emoties.
Discourse analysis.
Letterkunde.
Lyrik
Männlichkeit > Motiv
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Soldier's heart : the vocabulary of injury and the American Civil War
  • Emotional equity? : William Dean Howells and the divorce novel
  • Things not named : Willa Cather's lost men, criminal conversations, and emotional auras
  • On personal quantity : psychic injury in Henry James's The golden bowl
  • The science of affect : professionals reading and the case of Ethan Frome.

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