Sacred tears
Subtitle: sentimentality in Victorian literature
By: Fred Kaplan.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation.; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Didactic literature, English -- History and criticism.; Sentimentalism in literature.; Crying in literature.; Ethics in literature.; Tears in literature.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 145-151.
Includes index.