States of Sympathy: Seduction and Democracy in the American Novel

States of Sympathy: Seduction and Democracy in the American Novel

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Author/Contributor(s): Barnes, Elizabeth
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date: 10/08/1997
Binding: Paperback
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Explores the extent to which sympathy and sentiment--through the representation of the family--are increasingly employed to construct the notion of a politically affective state in philosophical, political and literary texts. The book offers fresh interpretations of classic and lesser-known works, from Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple to Herman Melville's Billy Budd.