1st Edition

The Evolution of Sympathy in the Long Eighteenth Century

By Jonathan Lamb Copyright 2009
    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    This work represents a concise history of sympathy in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, considering the phenomenon of shared feeling from five related angles: charity, the market, global exploration, theatre, and torture.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 Passion and Power; Chapter 2 Four Kinds of Sympathy; Chapter 3 Sympathy and Persons; Chapter 4 Horrid Sympathy; Chapter 5 Sympathy for the Dead; conclusion Conclusion;

    Biography

    Jonathan Lamb