A REVOLUTION OF FEELING: THE DECADE THAT FORGED THE MODERN MIND
Written by Rachel Hewitt
Published by Granta Books
in 2017
ISBN: 9781847085733
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
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Front cover
Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction: The History of Emotion
- SPIRITS STRONG IN HOPE
- 1 The Unlooked-For Dawn
- 2 The Distribution of Human Happiness
- 3 A Revolution in Female Manners
- 4 The Inhumanity of Kings
- HOPE DISCOURAGED
- 5 The Purifying Alchemy of Education
- 6 Neck or Nothing
- 7 The Most Delightful Theory of an Island
- 8 The Orgasm of the Revolution
- 9 The New Philosophy of Air
- 10 Come Now, Ye Golden Times
- DISAPPOINTMENT SORE
- 11 Falling into the Common Lot of Humanity
- 12 Awaking in Fetters
- 13 Revolutions by Mourning and Accommodation
- 14 he Nursery of Genius
- THE AGE OF DISPAIR
- 15 Ruling Over the Causes of Pain and Pleasure
- 16 God Withdraws His Protection
- 17 Treachery and Desertion
- 18 The Revolution of Feeling
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Illustration Credits
- Index