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This study shows that sentimental, melodramatic and gothic novels written in the wake of the American Revolution can be read as an emotional history of the early Republic, reflecting the hate, fear and grief which tormented the federalist era, and giving voice to a collective mourning process.

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Acknowledgments 1: The Plight of Feeling 2: Working through the Frame: The Dream of Transparency in Charlotte Temple 3: Beyond "A Play about Words": Tyrannies of Voice in The Coquette 4: A Lady Who Sheds No Tears: Liberty, Contagion, and the Demise of Fraternity in Ormond Notes Index

The Plight of Feeling Sympathy Dissent in the

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/24/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226773100, 978-0226773100
      ISBN10: 0226773108
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literary studies: general Social, group or collective psychology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study shows that sentimental, melodramatic and gothic novels written in the wake of the American Revolution can be read as an emotional history of the early Republic, reflecting the hate, fear and grief which tormented the federalist era, and giving voice to a collective mourning process.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments 1: The Plight of Feeling 2: Working through the Frame: The Dream of Transparency in Charlotte Temple 3: Beyond "A Play about Words": Tyrannies of Voice in The Coquette 4: A Lady Who Sheds No Tears: Liberty, Contagion, and the Demise of Fraternity in Ormond Notes Index

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