Ashley Frawley. Significant Emotions: Rhetoric and Social Problems in a Vulnerable Age. New York & London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. ISBN 978-1-3500-2680-3 (pbk) / 978-1-3500-2682-7 (ebk)

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Qian Zhang | Soochow University

Ke Li | Soochow University

Published online: 22 January 2026

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