Klekar, Cynthia
The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England
1. Introduction
Linda Zionkowski, Cynthia Klekar
I. Theories of Benevolence
2. Rights and Reciprocity in the Political and Philosophical Discourse of Eighteenth-Century England
Anna Moltchanova, Susannah Ottaway
3. Charity Education and the Spectacle of “Christian Entertainment”
Jad Smith
4. Debt without Redemption in a World of “Impossible Exchange”: Samuel Richardson and Philanthropy
John A. Dussinger
II. Conduct and the Gift
5. ’Tis Better to Give: The Conduct Manual as Gift
Marilyn Francus
6. The Gift of an Education: Sarah Trimmer’s
Dorice Williams Elliott
III. The Erotics of the Gift
7. Obligation, Coercion, and Economy: The Deed of Trust in Congreve’s
Cynthia Klekar
8. The Erotics of the Gift: Gender and Exchange in the Eighteenth-Century Novel
Charles Haskell Hinnant
9. Fictions of the Gift in Sarah Scott’s
Jennie Batchelor
10. The Nation, the Gift, and the Market in
Linda Zionkowski
IV. The Gift and Commerce
11. Josiah Wedgwood’s Goodwill Marketing
Susan B. Egenolf
12. Anson at Canton, 1743: Obligation, Exchange, and Ritual in Edward Page’s “Secret History”
Robert Markley
Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Nature Conservation, Gender Studies
- Toimittaja
- Klekar, Cynthia
- Zionkowski, Linda
- Julkaisija
- Springer
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2009
- Kieli
- en
- Painos
- 1
- Sivumäärä
- 274 sivua
- Kategoria
- Yhteiskunta
- Tiedostomuoto
- E-kirja
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780230618411
- Painetun ISBN
- 978-1-349-37512-7