Weeping Britannia : portrait of a nation in tears

Weeping Britannia : portrait of a nation in tears /

"There is a persistent myth about the British: that we are a nation of stoics, with stiff upper lips, repressed emotions, and inactive lachrymal glands. Weeping Britannia - the first history of crying in Britain - comprehensively debunks this myth. Far from being a persistent element in the �...

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Main Author: Dixon, Thomas (Thomas M.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015
Subjects:
Emotions.
Crying > psychology
Emotions
emotion.
Great Britain > Colonies > America.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: I Am a Rock
  • PART I: PIETY
  • 1. Looking for Margery
  • 2. Marie Magdalen's Funeral Teares
  • 3. Titus Andronicus: Ha, Ha, Ha!
  • 4. The Actor, the Witch, and the Puritan
  • PART II: ENTHUSIASM
  • 5. Stop, Gabriel!
  • 6. Four Hundred Pounds to Cry
  • 7. The Man of Feeling
  • 8. The French Revolution
  • PART III: PATHOS
  • 9. The Sanity of George III
  • 10. Strange Blessing on the Nation
  • 11. Little Nell Without Laughing
  • 12. Damp Justice
  • PART IV: RESTRAINT
  • 13. Old Ladies and Other Animals
  • 14. The 'If' Upper Lip
  • 15. Patriotism is Not Enough
  • 16. Thank-You for Coming Back to Me
  • PART V: FEELINGS
  • 17. Grief Observed
  • 18. Ha'way the Lads!
  • 19. The Thatcher Tears
  • 20. Sensibility Regained
  • Conclusion: I Am the Sea.

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