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Author Whissell, Cynthia, author

Title Emotion and plot in the premodern English-language novel / Cynthia Whissell
Published Champaign, IL : Common Ground Research Networks, 2018

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Contents Introduction -- The Novel -- The Dictionary of Affect in Language -- Plot Structure -- Comparing the Thirty-Nine Novels -- The Plots of Novels from the Late Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Early Nineteenth Centuries -- The Plots of Novels from the Early Victorian Era (1836-1870) -- Plots of Novels from the Late Victorian Era (1871-1899) -- Novels of the Twentieth Century (1900-1911)
Summary "The emotional tone of a novel is conveyed in the emotionality of its words. In this work, quantitative techniques based on words measure emotionality and employ it to describe the plots of various great English novels" -- Provided by publisher
Notes "First published in 2018 as part of the Communication and Media Studies Book Imprint" -- Verso title page
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject English fiction -- History and criticism
Emotions in literature.
Language and emotions.
Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)
Fiction -- Psychological aspects
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Emotions in literature
English fiction
Fiction -- Psychological aspects
Language and emotions
Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018029152
ISBN 9781612299723
1612299725