States of Sympathy: Seduction and Democracy in the American Novel

by Elizabeth Barnes

Book Overview

Explores the extent to which sympathy and sentiment--through the representation of the family--are increasingly employed to construct the notion of a politically affective state in philosophical,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231108796
• ISBN13: 9780231108799
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher