Emotions through literature: fictional narratives, society and the emotional self

"Engaging with the wide sociological literature on emotions, this book explores the social representation of emotions, their management and their effects by making reference to creative sources. With a specific focus on literary narrative, including the works of figures such as Dante, Austen, M...

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Main Author: Longo, Mariano 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Series:Classical and contemporary social theory
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Summary:"Engaging with the wide sociological literature on emotions, this book explores the social representation of emotions, their management and their effects by making reference to creative sources. With a specific focus on literary narrative, including the works of figures such as Dante, Austen, Manzoni and Tolstoy and Kundera, the author draws out the capacity of literary works to describe and represent both the external aspects of social relations and the inner motivations of the involved actors. An interdisciplinary study that combines sociology, narratology, philosophy, historical analysis and literary criticism, Emotions through Literature invites us to re-think the role of emotions in sociological analysis, employing literary narratives to give plausible intellectual responses to the double nature of emotions, their being both individual and sociale." --
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Physical Description:203 Seiten
ISBN:9780415793384
9780367726904