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The Romantic Crowd

- Sympathy, Controversy and Print Culture

About The Romantic Crowd

The instinctive behaviour of crowds is still a mysterious phenomenon. Mary Fairclough discovers that in the Romantic period, writers explained this strange phenomenon using an emotional and medical term, sympathy. Her readings of Hazlitt, De Quincey, Wollstonecraft and others reveal their interest in contemporary political, medical and philosophical discourse.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781107031692
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 312
  • Published:
  • January 16, 2013
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x19 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 590 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 14, 2024

Description of The Romantic Crowd

The instinctive behaviour of crowds is still a mysterious phenomenon. Mary Fairclough discovers that in the Romantic period, writers explained this strange phenomenon using an emotional and medical term, sympathy. Her readings of Hazlitt, De Quincey, Wollstonecraft and others reveal their interest in contemporary political, medical and philosophical discourse.

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