Feelings, Health, and Cruelty in 19th-Century Divorce Cases

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Thomas Dixon

Dr Thomas Dixon is Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. In my previous post on this blog I wrote about Oscar Wilde’s famous courtroom defence of the ‘love that dare not … Continue reading →

Schadenfreude and cruelty

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Mark Honigsbaum

If emotions were Twitter feeds then schadenfreude would surely be ‘trending’ high right now. From Cheryl Cole’s surprise ejection from American X-factor to Manchester United’s drubbing at the hands of Barcelona, schadenfreude is the emotion of the moment or, at … Continue reading →

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Feelings, Health, and Cruelty in 19th-Century Divorce Cases

Schadenfreude and cruelty