Dr John Jervis: 2 books
Sympathetic Sentiments
Affect, Emotion and Spectacle in the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Sympathetic Sentiments develops an innovative interdisciplinary framework to explore the implications of living in a culture of feeling that seems ill at ease with itself, one in which sentiments are frequently denounced for being sentimental and self-indulgent.
These tensions are traced back...
Sensational Subjects
The Dramatization of Experience in the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Under what conditions does 'sensation' become 'sensational'?
In the early nineteenth century murder was a staple of the sensationalizing popular press and gruesome descriptions were deployed to make a direct impact on the sensations of the reader. By the end of the century, public concern with...