Passions, Sympathy and Print Culture

Passions, Sympathy and Print Culture
Author: Heather Kerr
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2016-03-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137455411
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This book explores ways in which passions came to be conceived, performed and authenticated in the eighteenth-century marketplace of print. It considers satire and sympathy in various environments, ranging from popular novels and journalism, through philosophical studies of the Scottish Enlightenment, to last words, aesthetics, and plastic surgery.


Passions, Sympathy and Print Culture
Language: en
Pages: 296

Passions, Sympathy and Print Culture

Authors: Heather Kerr
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-08 - Publisher: Springer

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This book explores ways in which passions came to be conceived, performed and authenticated in the eighteenth-century marketplace of print. It considers satire
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