Failures of Feeling

This book examines the unexpected power of dispassion to incite the passions of sentimental literature, restoring the conversation between Enlightenment philosophy and fiction to the history of emotions, and reframing our contemporary theories of mind and of the novel.

Aceasta carte examineaza puterea neasteptata a pasiunii de a incita pasiunile literaturii sentimentale, restabilind conversatia dintre filozofia iluminista si fictiune in istoria emotiilor si reformuland teoriile noastre contemporane ale mintii si ale romanului.