Emotional Lexicons by Ute Frevert
The first cultural history of terms of emotion found in German, French, and English language encyclopaedias since the late seventeenth century.-
The History of Emotions
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Imagining the Witch
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The Game of Love in Georgian England
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Thinking About Tears
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The History of Cancer and Emotions in Twentieth-Century Germany
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German Angst
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Caritas
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Love, Honour, and Jealousy
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Emotions in a Crusading Context, 1095-1291
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Emotional Cities
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Feeling Things
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Beyond Melancholy
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Emotional Arenas
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The Emotions of Internationalism
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Feeling Revolution
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The Emotional Economy of Holidaymaking
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Civilizing Emotions
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Enthusiasm
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The Emergence of a Hero
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Learning How to Feel
a comprehensive, rigorously compiled and wide-ranging set of resources for anyone interested in how emotions are described and conveyed* Anna Jordanous, Reviews in History *
Emotional Lexicons is as impressive a project as its title implies. Positioning itself as merely a building block towards the eventual aim, this book makes a good case for further interdisciplinary research into emotion. * Charlotte Royle, British Society for Literature and Science *
Emotional Lexicons is an innovate collection, the strength of which lies in the many angles from which it approaches a lexical study of the history of emotions in modernity. * Anita Winkler, British Journal for the History of Science *
Emotional Lexicons is as impressive a project as its title implies. Positioning itself as merely a building block towards the eventual aim, this book makes a good case for further interdisciplinary research into emotion. * Charlotte Royle, British Society for Literature and Science *
Emotional Lexicons is an innovate collection, the strength of which lies in the many angles from which it approaches a lexical study of the history of emotions in modernity. * Anita Winkler, British Journal for the History of Science *
Ute Frevert is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and a Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society. From 2003 to 2007 she was professor of German history at Yale University and previously taught History at the Universities of Konstanz, Bielefeld, and the Free University in Berlin. Her research interests include the social and cultural history of the modern period, the history of emotions, gender history, and political history. Some of her best known work has examined the history of women and gender relations in modern Germany, social and medical politics in the nineteenth century, and the impact of military conscription from 1814 to the present day. Ute Frevert is an honorary professor at the Free University in Berlin and member of several scientific advisory boards. In 1998 she was awarded the prestigious Leibniz Prize.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199655731 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199655731 |
| Title | Emotional Lexicons |
| Author | Ute Frevert |
| Series | Emotions In History |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2014-02-13 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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