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1. Facing Up to the History of Emotions.- 2. Reading faces: how did late medieval Europeans interpret emotions in faces?.- 3. Gower's blushing bird, Philomela's transforming face.- 4. Mirthful faces in The Name of the Rose.- 5. The redemptive power of the face: from Beatrice (Portinari) to Bérénice (Bejo).- 6. The grins of others: Figuring ethnic difference in medieval facial expressions.- 7. Phenomenal pain: Embodying the Passion in the Life of Elizabeth of Spalbeek.- 8. Emotions in history and literature.- 9. Erratum to: Mediating meanings: conservation of the Staffordshire Hoard

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      Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
      Publication Date: 1/9/2025
      ISBN13: 9783031464157, 978-3031464157
      ISBN10: 303146415X

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      1. Facing Up to the History of Emotions.- 2. Reading faces: how did late medieval Europeans interpret emotions in faces?.- 3. Gower's blushing bird, Philomela's transforming face.- 4. Mirthful faces in The Name of the Rose.- 5. The redemptive power of the face: from Beatrice (Portinari) to Bérénice (Bejo).- 6. The grins of others: Figuring ethnic difference in medieval facial expressions.- 7. Phenomenal pain: Embodying the Passion in the Life of Elizabeth of Spalbeek.- 8. Emotions in history and literature.- 9. Erratum to: Mediating meanings: conservation of the Staffordshire Hoard

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