Sacred tears : sentimentality in Victorian literature / Fred Kaplan
1987, 1st edition. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #404088
ISBN: 0691067007
Physical description; xi, 156 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-151) and index. Contents; The moral sentiments -- Are you sentimental? -- Paper sorrows -- The water works -- The reign of sentimentality. Subjects; Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Criticism and interpretation. Thackeray, William Makepeace 1811-1863 Criticism and interpretation. Carlyle, Thomas 1795-1881 Criticism and interpretation. Carlyle, Thomas 1795-1881. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870. Thackeray, William Makepeace 1811-1863. Sentimentalism in literature. Crying in literature. Ethics in literature. Tears in literature. Sentimentalism in literature. Didactic literature, English. English literature. Ethics in literature. English literature 19th century History and criticism.
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