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States of sympathy : seduction and democracy in the American novel

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, political and literary texts. The book offers fresh interpretations of classic and lesser-known works, from Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple to Herman Melville's Billy Budd.
Print Book, English, cop. 1997
Columbia University Press, New York, cop. 1997
xvi, 152 p. ; 24 cm.
9780231108782, 9780231108799, 0231108788, 0231108796
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