Compassion the culture and politics of an emotion / edited by Lauren Berlant.
| Other author | Berlant, Lauren Gail, 1957-2021 |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, |
| Description | vi, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Essays from the English Institute |
| Contents | Introduction. Compasion (and withholding) / Lauren Berlant -- Compasion / Marjorie Garber -- Much of madness and more of sin: compassion, for Ligeia / Candace Vogler -- Calculating compassion / Kathleen Woodward -- Poor Hetty / Neil Hertz -- Moving pictures: George Eliot and melodrama / Carolyn Williams -- Provoking George Eliot / Mary Ann O'Farrell -- Compassion's compulsion / Lee Edelman -- Cosmetic surgeons of the social: Darwin, Freud, and Wells and the limits of sympathy on The island of Dr. Moreau / Neville Hoad -- Suffering and thinking: the scandal of tone in Eichmann in Jerusalem / Deborah Nelson. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006271941 |
| ISBN | 0415970512 |
| ISBN | 0415970520 (pbk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |