Surprise
Author | : Christopher R. Miller |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2015-04-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780801455780 |
ISBN-13 | : 0801455782 |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Download or read book Surprise written by Christopher R. Miller and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher R. Miller studies the shift in the cultural meaning of "surprise" in 18th-century England from connoting violent attack to encompassing pleasurable experience, and from external event to internal feeling.