Jacob Risinger is assistant professor of English at Ohio State University.
[A] useful book. . . . Risinger's explanations of the importance of Stoicism in the period's literature make a valuable contribution to the literature of the Romantic period. * Choice Reviews * Stoic Romanticism and the Ethics of Emotion is a sustained and sensitive engagement with a range of literary work that shows the nuances of changing perspectives in a changing world. It is no small feat that virtually every sentence is a triumph of craftsmanship, or that the text reads with a confidence and ease found usually in the most seasoned critics. ---Denise Gigante, Nineteenth-Century Literature