States of Sympathy - by Elizabeth Barnes (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Explores the extent to which sympathy and sentiment--through the representation of the family--are increasingly employed to construct the notion of a politically affective state in philosophical, political and literary texts. The book offers fresh interpretations of classic and lesser-known works, from Susanna Rowson's <i>Charlotte Temple</i> to Herman Melville's <i>Billy Budd.</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Explores the extent to which sympathy and sentiment--through the representation of the family--are increasingly employed to construct the notion of a politically affective state in philosophical, political and literary texts. The book offers fresh interpretations of classic and lesser-known works, from Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple to Herman Melville's Billy Budd.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Barnes covers a lot of textual ground in articulating her assertion that 'American culture's preoccupation with familial feeling as the foundation for sympathy, and sympathy as the basis of a democratic republic, ultimately confounds the difference between familial and social bonds.' She makes her argument by referring to a wide variety of literary texts and to a number of philosophers, including Locke, Paine, and Francis Hutcheson.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Elizabeth Barnes is associate professor of English at the College of William and Mary.
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