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Fictions of depersonalization: inauthentic feeling at the fin-de-siècle

Josh Powell

Nineteenth Century Contexts October 20, 2023 DOI: 10.1080/08905495.2023.2273176 (opens in new tab)

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Key points Argues that emotional experience was watched intently, and often with suspicion, in nineteenth-century anglophone culture, as shown by commentators' attempts to censure excessive or inauthentic feeling. The available text is cut off, so the full thesis and supporting evidence are not stated.

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Emotional experience was observed intently in nineteenth-century anglophone culture, and often with suspicion. This is evident in the attempts of cultural commentators to censure excessive or inaut...

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