The literature of pity /

Pity represents a combination of fear, helplessness and overwhelming agitation. It is a term which suffuses our everyday lives; it is also a dangerous term hovering between approval of sympathy and disapproval of emotional wallowing (as in 'self-pity'). This book traces an entire history o...

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Main Author: Punter, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
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