Not quite hope and other political emotions in the Gilded Age /

Focusing on the Washington political novel of the Gilded Age, circa 1869 to 1900, the volume examines the relationship between literature, politics, and democracy, and considers literature's role in defining and exploring the emotional contours of the political landscape in the 19th century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wolff, Nathan (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Oxford studies in American literary history.
Subjects:	American literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Political fiction, American > 19th century > History and criticism. Politics and literature > United States > 19th century > History. Politics in literature. Emotions in literature. Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Politique-fiction américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Politique et littérature > États-Unis > 19e siècle > Histoire. LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General. Politics and literature Emotions in literature American literature Democracy in literature Political fiction, American Politics in literature United States 1800-1899 Electronic books. History Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction bureaucratic vistas
Crazy love: emotional insanity in the Gilded Age
Desire, disgust, democracy: or, aversive attachments
Strange apathy: sentiment and sovereignty in Ramona
On the hatred of hypocrites: Donnelly, Du Bois, race, and representation
Cynical reason in the cranky age
Coda election fatigue: political emotion in space and time.