Stemming the Torrent: Expression and Control in the Victorian Discourses on Emotion, 1830-1872

by Gesa Stedman

Overview

This title was first published in 2002: Gesa Stedman mines the vein of emotion in Victorian writing to unearth new insights into the ways literature responded to the dramatic social and political changes then taking place. Contemporary research from various disciplines, including sociology, ethnology and history, inform this study, which juxtaposes canonical material such as Dickens' "Hard Times", Charlotte Bronte's "Shirley" and Germaine de Stael's "Corinne" with popular novels and non-fictional texts, such as "The Education of the Heart" by Sarah Ellis and Darwin's "On the Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals". The analysis deals with emotions applying to both genders, but includes a special section examining the representation of emotion in relation to women. The book aims to provide new insight into the literature of the period, and brings to light new material for scholars interested in the philosophy and psychology of emotions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000160819
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/10/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	286
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Gesa Stedman (Author)

Table of Contents

My leaves cannot contayne in them the large discourse - introduction; emotion vocabularies - the history and usage of key emotion words; I could not speak the feeling - emotions and the body; the local moral order - emotions and the development of a middle class habitus; plot and passion - narrating the heart; modern passion? - concluding remarks.