KnowraSentimentalismLinked fromLinked fromThe 17 pages that link to Sentimentalism, each with the reason it gives.All 17Related 10Narrower topic 2Compared with 5Literary realismCompared with: Realist works often resist sentimental resolutions and expose tensions that emotion alone cannot settle.Local colorCompared with: Sentimental plots often prioritize emotion over the close regional observation central to local color.American literary realismCompared with: Realist writers often resisted its overt emotional cues and simplified moral resolutions.Alexander SumarokovCompared with: It became a literary alternative to the formal priorities associated with Sumarokov’s classicism.Dark RomanticismCompared with: Its confidence in sympathetic feeling differs from Dark Romanticism's emphasis on guilt and moral instability.