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Soft : a brief history of sentimentality
Mount, Ferdinand, 1939-2025
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In this day and age, whatever we think we feel, you can be sure that the past has had a part to play in it. In 'Soft', Ferdinand Mount tells the millennium-long history of emotion through vivid snapshots, masterly storytelling and bizarre historical anecdotes. Revealing all the weird and wonderful ways people in the past expressed their grief and joy, Mount explores the shifting importance societies have placed on empathy for the misfortunes of others. Each seismic moment, Mount argues, from the French Revolution to Civil Rights, has had a corresponding sentimental revolution that has fuelled these great political turning points.
Main title:
Soft : a brief history of sentimentality / Ferdinand Mount.
Author:
Mount, Ferdinand, 1939-, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Continuum, 2025.
Collation:
xix, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781399421881 (hbk)
Dewey class:
909
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1801998