عنوان

The culture of the gift in eighteenth-century England /

(Number (ISBN

0230608299

(Number (ISBN

9780230608290

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b718080

Title Proper

The culture of the gift in eighteenth-century England /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Linda Zionkowski and Cynthia Klekar.

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 263 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

22 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index.

Text of Note

Rights and reciprocity in the political and philosophical discourse of eighteenth-century England / Anna Moltchanova and Susannah Ottaway -- Charity education and the spectacle of "Christian entertainment" / Jad Smith -- Debt without redemption in a world of "impossible exchange" : Samuel Richardson and philanthropy / John A. Dussinger -- 'Tis better to give : the conduct manual as gift / Marilyn Francus -- The gift of an education : Sarah Trimmer's Oeconomy of charity and the Sunday school movement / Dorce Williams Elliott -- Obligation, coercion, and economy : the deed of trust in Congreve's The way of the world / Cynthia Klekar -- The erotics of the gift : gender and exchange in the eighteenth-century novel / Charles Haskell Hinnant -- Fictions of the gift in Sarah Scott's Millennium Hall / Jennie Batchelor -- The nation, the gift, and the market in The wanderer / Linda Zionkowski -- Josiah Wedgwood's goodwill marketing / Susan B. Egenolf -- Anson at Canton, 1743 : obligation, exchange, and ritual in Edward Page's "Secret history" / Robert Markley.

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Text of Note

"Offering a variety of disciplinary perspectives, The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England analyzes the long-overlooked role of gift exchange in literary texts, cultural documents, and economic relations in the period from 1660-1800. Contributors argue that the gift was instrumental to the workings of eighteenth-century society: it supported the phenomenal rise of charities, explained the increasingly complicated trade relations, enforced conventions of obligation and social hierarchies, and both strengthened and challenged the emergence of a market economy.

Text of Note

Building upon the works of recent theorists, these essays provide innovative readings of how gift transactions shaped the institutions and practices that gave this era its distinctive identity."--Jacket.

Parallel Title

Culture of the gift in 18th-century England

Locke, John,1632-1704-- Influence.

Locke, John,1632-1704.

English language-- 18th century-- Social aspects.

English literature-- 18th century-- History and criticism.

Generosity in literature.

Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.

Social classes-- England-- History-- 18th century.

Engelsk litteratur-- historia-- 1700-talet.

Engelsk litteraturLitteratur-- 1700-talet-- sociala aspekter.

Englisch.

English language-- Social aspects.

English literature.

Generosity in literature.

Geschenk (Motiv)

Geschenk (Motiv)

Geschenk.

Geschenk.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Intellectual life.

Literatur.

Literatur.

Litteratur och politik-- historia-- Storbritannien-- 1700-talet.

Politics and literature.

Social classes.

Great Britain, Intellectual life, 18th century.

England.

England.

England.

Englisch.

Great Britain.

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Edition

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Book number

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Klekar, Cynthia.

Zionkowski, Linda.

Date of Transaction

20201208101603.0

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[Book]

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