A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Age of Romanticism, Revolution, and Empire Volume 5

Between 1780 and 1920, modern conceptions of emotion-conceptions still very much present in the 21st century-first took shape. This book traces that history, charting the changing meaning and experience of feelings in an era shaped by political and market revolutions, romanticism, empiricism, the rise of psychology and psychoanalysis. During this period, the word emotion itself gained currency, gradually supplanting older vocabularies and visions of feeling. Terms to describe feelings changed; so too did conceptions of emotions' proper role in politics, economics, and culture. Political upheavals turned a spotlight on the role of feeling in public life; in domestic life, sentimental bonds gained new importance, as families were transformed from productive units to emotional ones. From the halls of parliaments to the familial hearth, from the art museum to the theatre, from the pulpit to the concert hall, lively debates over feelings raged across the 19th century. Cover Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS GENERAL EDITORS’ PREFACE Introduction What Were Emotions? Definitions and Understandings, 1780–1920 NEW WORDS, NEW MEANINGS EMOTIONS IN POLITICS AND ECONOMY ROMANTIC REACTIONS EMOTIONS AND DIFFERENCE CHAPTER ONE Medical and Scientific Understandings EMOTIONAL UPHEAVAL, OR THE LOST SENSE OF HUMOR THE SCIENCE (AND POLITICS) OF EXPRESSION MENTAL EVOLUTION AND EARLY COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY MEASURED MEASURING, OR PHYSIOLOGICAL EMOTIONS CHAPTER TWO Religion and Spirituality THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION AND EMOTIONS: RELIGIOUS MELANCHOLY AND PROTESTANTISM RELIGIOUS ECSTASY AND SPIRITUALITY: METHODISM, HOLINESS, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE A TYPOLOGY OF PROTESTANT IDENTITY AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE: SELECTED CASE HISTORIES IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA THE BUSINESSMAN’S REVIVAL AND EVANGELICAL RELIGION IN THE CIVIL WAR “NATURE RELIGION,” MIND-CURE, AND THE SECULARIZATION OF SPIRITUALITY CHAPTER THREE Music and Dance ART, MUSIC, EMOTION, AND MORAL EDUCATION LISTENING TO MUSIC MUSIC ANALYSIS ENGAGING WITH MUSIC EPILOGUE: SUBLIMATING NARRATIVE—SUBLIMATING THE VOICE CHAPTER FOUR Drama MELODRAMA ROMANTIC TRAGEDY CLOSET DRAMA MENTAL THEATER CHAPTER FIVE The Visual Arts THE PRE-HISTORY OF ROMANTIC EMOTIONS SENTIMENT ROMANTICISM AND EMOTIONS STRONG FEELINGS INNER AND OUTER WORLD IN LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY ART SYNTHESIS CHAPTER SIX Literature INTRODUCTION SENTIMENTALISM SENTIMENTALISM’S LEGACIES ROMANTICISM AND REVOLUTIONARY EMOTIONS REALISM, DARWIN, NATURALISM TRANSITION TO MODERNISM CHAPTER SEVEN In Private The Individual and the Domestic Community THE BASELINE FOR CHANGE CAUSES OF CHANGE COMPLEXITIES THE KEY CHANGES REDEFINING OTHER FAMILY EMOTIONS THE CHEERFUL FAMILY: ANOTHER NEW HOPE THE IMPACTS OF CHANGE: EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES AND WIDER RESPONSE ASSESSMENT: SOME DOWNSIDES OF THE NEW CULTURE CONCLUSION: THE 1920s AS THE END OF A PERIOD CHAPTER EIGHT In Public Emotional Politics 1789—EMOTIONAL POLITICS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION THE EMOTIONAL CHARM OF ROYALTY MASS MOBILIZATION AND PARTY POLITICS CONCLUSION NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS NOTES REFERENCES INDEX "A Cultural history of the Emotions' explores how emotions have changed over the course of human history, as well as how emotions have themselves created and changed history. Emotions underpin our everyday lives and shape our mental, physical and social well-being. Across six volumes, A Cultural History of the Emotions explores how emotions have changed over the course of human history, but also how emotions have themselves created and changed history. Emotions underpin our everyday lives and shape our mental, physical and social well-being. This collection shows how emotions can offer a unique insight into the historical thought and function of different societies. Each volume in the series encompasses interdisciplinary work on the emotions, covering the medical, scientific, religious and intellectual history, how they have been performed and represented and how they were enacted in social practices on both a personal and public level. The same eight themes are addressed in all six volumes: 1. Medical and Scientific Understandings 2. Religion and Spirituality 3. Music and Dance 4. Drama 5. The Visual Arts 6. Literature 7. In Private: The Individual and the Domestic Community 8. In Public: Collectivities and Polities A Cultural History of the Emotions is the first comprehensive, period by period overview of this fascinating topic, from antiquity to the present day. It will be essential reading for anyone researching or studying the emotions." Between 1780 and 1920, modern conceptions of emotion-conceptions still very much present in the 21st century-first took shape. This book traces that history, charting the changing meaning and experience of feelings in an era shaped by political and market revolutions, romanticism, empiricism, and the rise of psychology and psychoanalysis. During this period, the word "emotion" itself gained currency, gradually supplanting older vocabularies and visions of feeling. Terms to describe feelings changed; so too did conceptions of emotions' proper role in politics, economics, and culture. Political upheavals turned a spotlight on the role of feeling in public life; in domestic life, sentimental bonds gained new importance, as families were transformed from productive units to emotional ones. From the halls of parliaments to the familial hearth, from the art museum to the theatre, from the pulpit to the concert hall, this volume examines the debates over feelings which raged across the 19th century Introduction: What were Emotions? Definitions and Understandings -- 1. Medical and Scientific Understandings -- 2. Religion and Spirituality -- 3. Music and Dance -- 4. Drama -- 5. The Visual Arts -- 6. Literature -- 7. In Private: The Individual and the Domestic Community -- 8. In Public: Collectivities and Polities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index