The Senses of DemocracyIn The Senses of Democracy, Francine R. Masiello traces a history of perceptions expressed in literature, the visual arts, politics, and history from the start of the nineteenth century to the present day. A wide transnational landscape frames the book along with an original and provocative thesis: when the discourse on democracy is alteredwhen nations fall into crisis or the increased weight of modernity tests minds and nervesthe representation of