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|aThe culture of the gift in eighteenth-century England|h[electronic resource] /|cedited by Linda Zionkowski and Cynthia Klekar.
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|aNew York :|bPalgrave Macmillan,|c2009.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-252) and index.
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|aPart I. Theories of Benevolence -- Rights and Reciprocity in the Political and Philosophical Discourse of Eighteenth-Century England / AnnaMoltchanova 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 -- Part II. Conduct and the Gift. 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 / Dorice Williams Elliott -- Part III. The Erotics of the Gift -- 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 MilleniumHall / Jennie Batchelor -- The Nation, the Gift, and the Market in The Wanderer / Linda Zionkowski -- Part IV. The Gift and Commerce -- Josiah Wedgewood'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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|aOffering a variety of disciplinary perspectives, The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England analyzes the long-overlooked role ofgift 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. Building upon theworks of recent theorists, these essays provide innovative readings of how gift transactions shapedthe institutions and practices that gave this era its distinctive identity.
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|aLocke, John,|d1632-1704|xInfluence.
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|aEnglish literature|y18th century|xHistory and criticism.
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|aPolitics and literature|zGreat Britain|xHistory|y18th century.
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|aSocial classes|zEngland|xHistory|y18th century.
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|aGreat Britain|xIntellectual life|y18th century.
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|iPrint version:|tCulture of the gift in eighteenth-century England.|dNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009|z9780230608290|w(DLC) 2008024779|w(OCoLC)231834273
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