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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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Front cover

Cover of A REVOLUTION OF FEELING: THE DECADE THAT FORGED THE MODERN MIND by Rachel Hewitt

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