The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England - 9780230608290
Un libro in lingua di Zionkowski Linda (EDT) Klekar Cynthia (EDT) edito da Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
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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. 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.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Zionkowski Linda (EDT) Klekar Cynthia (EDT)
- Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
- Collana: Palgrave Macmillan (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 15 Dicembre '08
- Genere: LITERARY CRITICISM
- Argomenti : English literature 18th century History and criticism Generosity in literature Politics and literature Great Britain History 18th century
- Pagine: 263
- Dimensioni mm: 215 x 146 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0230608299
- EAN-13: 9780230608290