"Feeling" in literature is deployed as a multifaceted term that captures everything from raw instinct and tangible physical sensations to the more nuanced realms of aesthetic and moral sensitivity. Authors use it to illustrate spontaneous, sometimes unreflective emotional states—as when the mind is swayed by sheer impulse or chance [1]—as well as to articulate refined judgments of beauty, as evident in the appreciation of language [2]. It can denote gripping physical sensations, such as a sudden pain [3] or the absence thereof in atypical contexts [4], and it often marks the communal or ethical currents that bind individuals together [5]. Thus, across diverse genres and epochs, “feeling” serves as a bridge between the internal world of personal emotion and broader social, intellectual, and even physical experiences.