Passions, Sympathy and Print Culture: Public Opinion and Emotional Authenticity in Eighteenth-Century Britain - Hardcover

by Heather Kerr (Editor), David Lemmings (Editor), Robert Phiddian (Editor)

This book explores ways in which passions came to be conceived, performed and authenticated in the eighteenth-century marketplace of print. It considers satire and sympathy in various environments, ranging from popular novels and journalism, through philosophical studies of the Scottish Enlightenment, to last words, aesthetics, and plastic surgery.

Author Biography

David Lemmings is Professor of History at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and Leader of the Change Program in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions. He has published widely on the history of crime, law and media in eighteenth-century Britain.

Heather Kerr is Senior Lecturer in the discipline of English and Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and an Associate Investigator in the Australian Research Council Centre for the History of Emotions. She has published in the areas of early modern drama and poetry, law and literature, ecocriticism and contemporary cultural studies.

Robert Phiddian is Associate Professor of English and Deputy Dean of the School of Humanities at Flinders University, Australia. He is author of Swift's Parody (1995) and thirty other publications, principally on eighteenth-century literature and contemporary Australian political cartooning.