Not Quite Hope and Other Political Emotions in the Gilded Age

Focusing on the Washington political novel of the Gilded Age, circa 1869 to 1900, the volume examines the relationship between literature, politics, and democracy, and considers literature's role in defining and exploring the emotional contours of the political landscape in the nineteenth century.

Sommario

• Agitation


• Introduction - Bureaucratic Vistas


• Madness


• 1: Crazy Love: Emotional Insanity in the Gilded Age


• Repulsion


• 2: Desire, Disgust, Democracy; or, Aversive Attachments


• Depression


• 3: Strange Apathy: Sentiment and Sovereignty in Ramona


• Suspicion


• 4: On the Hatred of Hypocrites: Donnelly, Du Bois, Race, and Representation


• Cynicism


• 5: Cynical Reason in the Cranky Age


• Exhaustion


• Coda - Election Fatigue: Political Emotion in Space and Time


• Notes


• Works Cited

Info autore

Nathan Wolff is Assistant Professor of English at Tufts University. His past work has appeared in the journals American Literary History, J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists, and English Literary History.

Riassunto

Focusing on the Washington political novel of the Gilded Age, circa 1869 to 1900, the volume examines the relationship between literature, politics, and democracy, and considers literature's role in defining and exploring the emotional contours of the political landscape in the nineteenth century.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nathan Wolff, Nathan (Assistant Professor of English Wolff
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.12.2018
• EAN: 9780198831693
• ISBN: 978-0-19-883169-3
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: Oxford Studies in American Literary History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, HISTORY / United States / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, c 1877 to c 1893 (‘The Gilded Age’ in the USA)