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SENTIMENTALISM in literature, EMOTIONS in literature, and NONFICTION

SENTIMENTALISM in literature and FICTION

Reviews the book "The History of Love," a novel by Nicole Krauss.

SENTIMENTALISM in literature, FAITH in literature, and NONFICTION

SENTIMENTALISM in literature and NONFICTION

JAPANESE poetry, SENTIMENTALISM in literature, JAPANESE literature, MEIJI Period, Japan, 1868-1912, and JAPANESE literature -- History & criticism

The article offers poetry criticism of Japanese poems including "Winter Poem" by Takamura Kōtarō and "Hands of Sentiment" and "Howling at the Moon" by Hagiwara Sakutarō. It explores the use of sentimentalism in Japanese literature and arts. The author provides a critical interpretation of the poems and offers different meanings behind several elements, such as the emotion and sensitivity.

SENTIMENTALISM in literature and POLITICAL poetry

The article offers poetry criticism of the poem "Out In the Open" by Tomas Tranströmer. It offers a standard definition of sentimental poem, which is laden with an overabundance of inappropriate or contrived emotion. The author provides a critical interpretation of the poem's lines as well as regarded it as an unsentimental poem that thinks hard about a political situation.

SENTIMENTALISM in literature, LITERATURE translations, SYMPATHY in literature, and DISTRESS (Psychology) in literature

The article presents poetry criticism of the poem "The Iliad," written by Homer and translated by Alexander Pope. Particular focus is given to the role of sentimentality in Pope's translation. According to the author, scholars have mischaracterized Pope as being hostile to literary sentimentalism. It is suggested that in emphasizing feelings of sympathy and distress in his translation, he was reflecting 18th-century values onto the poem.