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4. Manly Tears
Men’s Elegies for Children in Nineteenth-Century American Culture
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Eric Haralson
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Contributors ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
- 1. What Feels an American? 23
- 2. Loving with a Vengeance: Wieland, Familicide and the Crisis of Masculinity in the Early Nation 44
- 3. “The Manliest Relations to Men” 64
- 4. Manly Tears 88
- 5. How To Be a (Sentimental) Race Man 106
- 6. The Law of the Heart 124
- 7. “The Sort of Thing You Should Not Admit” 141
- 8. Road Work 167
- 9. Men’s Tears and the Roles of Melodrama 185
- 10. Men’s Liberation, Men’s Wounds 205
- 11. The Politics of Feeling 230
- Bibliography 255
- Index 277
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Contributors ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
- 1. What Feels an American? 23
- 2. Loving with a Vengeance: Wieland, Familicide and the Crisis of Masculinity in the Early Nation 44
- 3. “The Manliest Relations to Men” 64
- 4. Manly Tears 88
- 5. How To Be a (Sentimental) Race Man 106
- 6. The Law of the Heart 124
- 7. “The Sort of Thing You Should Not Admit” 141
- 8. Road Work 167
- 9. Men’s Tears and the Roles of Melodrama 185
- 10. Men’s Liberation, Men’s Wounds 205
- 11. The Politics of Feeling 230
- Bibliography 255
- Index 277
