The emotions in liberal writing, c.1790-c.1920

Written by a group of distinguished international scholars, this volume is the first of its kind to explore in depth the emotional dimensions of liberal writing in Britain over the course of the nineteenth century. The book deals with liberal writing in the public sphere, rather than political or high-parliamentary liberalism, and consists of a clear introduction that sets the context and eleven substantive chapters. The chapters analyze key texts and figures from the 1790s to the 1720s, offering several different approaches to the central question of sentiment and liberalism. These approaches include studying the place of emotions in the “good life,” their social and political function, emotional discourse in liberal writing, and liberal theories of emotions.