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Approaches to Emotion in Middle English Literature

By (author) Carolyne Larrington

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Over the last twenty-five years, the ‘history of emotion’ field has become one of the most dynamic and productive areas for humanities research. This designation, and the marked leadership of historians in the field, has had the unlooked-for consequence of sidelining literature — in particular secular literature — as evidence-source and object of emotion study. Secular literature, whether fable, novel, fantasy or romance, has been understood as prone to exaggeration, hyperbole, and thus as an unreliable indicator of the emotions of the past. The aim of this book is to decentre history of emotion research and asks new questions, ones that can be answered by literary scholars, using literary texts as sources: how do literary texts understand and depict emotion and, crucially, how do they generate emotion in their audiences — those who read them or hear them read or performed? -- .

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Publisher | Manchester University Press
Published date | 20 Jan 2026
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 336
Dimensions | 216 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 389g
ISBN | 978-1-5261-9584-5
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BISAC | literary criticism / medieval
Expected | 29 Apr 2026

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