Cheerfulness: A Literary and Cultural History

by Timothy Hampton

A timely story of a forgotten emotion

Cheerfulness: A Literary and Cultural History tells a new story about the cultural imagination of the West wherein cheerfulness -- a momentary uptick in emotional energy, a temporary lightening of spirit -- functions as a crucial theme in literary, philosophical, and artistic creations from early modern to contemporary times. In dazzling interpretations of Shakespeare and Montaigne, Hume,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1942130600
• ISBN13: 9781942130604
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"