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Re: Sentimentality in VN (fwd)
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>From Earl Sampson (esampson@cu.campus.mci.net)
<P>Several excellent definitions of sentimentality (or guidelines for detecting
it) have already been offered; I would just like to pass on a handy two-word
definition that a colleague, Dale Plank, used to cite (sorry, I don't remember
his source): sentimentality is "unearned emotion." If one should want to
discuss the issue in a class, at a conference, or whatever, I think that
would serve as a good starting point.
<P>Several excellent definitions of sentimentality (or guidelines for detecting
it) have already been offered; I would just like to pass on a handy two-word
definition that a colleague, Dale Plank, used to cite (sorry, I don't remember
his source): sentimentality is "unearned emotion." If one should want to
discuss the issue in a class, at a conference, or whatever, I think that
would serve as a good starting point.