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9780230608290

The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230608290

  • ISBN10:

    0230608299

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-12-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England analyzes the long overlooked role of gift exchange in literary texts and cultural documents and provides innovative readings of how gift transactions shaped the institutions and practices that gave this era its distinctive identity.

Author Biography

Linda Zionkowski is Professor of English at Ohio University. Cynthia Klekar is Assistant Professor of English and Associate Editor of Comparative Drama at Western Michigan University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
List of Contributorsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Theories of Benevolence
Rights and Reciprocity in the Political and Philosophical Discourse of Eighteenth-Century Englandp. 15
Charity Education and the Spectacle of "Christian Entertainment"p. 37
Debt without Redemption in a World of "Impossible Exchange": Samuel Richardson and Philanthropyp. 55
Conduct and the Gift
'Tis Better to Give: The Conduct Manual as Giftp. 79
The Gift of an Education: Sarah Trimmer's Oeconomy of Charity and the Sunday School Movementp. 107
The Erotics of the Gift
Obligation, Coercion, and Economy: The Deed of Trust in Congreve's The Way of the Worldp. 125
The Erotics of the Gift: Gender and Exchange in the Eighteenth-Century Novelp. 143
Fictions of the Gift in Sarah Scott's Millenium Hallp. 159
The Nation, the Gift, and the Market in The Wandererp. 177
The Gift and Commerce
Josiah Wedgwood's Goodwill Marketingp. 197
Anson at Canton, 1743: Obligation, Exchange, and Ritual in Edward Page's "Secret History"p. 215
Bibliographyp. 235
Indexp. 253
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