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BL
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963710
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b718080
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| Title & Author
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The culture of the gift in eighteenth-century England /\ edited by Linda Zionkowski and Cynthia Klekar.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009.
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xi, 263 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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0230608299
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: 9780230608290
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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.
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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.
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Locke, John,1632-1704-- Influence.
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Locke, John,1632-1704.
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English language-- 18th century-- Social aspects.
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English literature-- 18th century-- History and criticism.
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Generosity in literature.
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Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.
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Social classes-- England-- History-- 18th century.
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Engelsk litteratur-- historia-- 1700-talet.
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Engelsk litteraturLitteratur-- 1700-talet-- sociala aspekter.
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English language-- Social aspects.
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English literature.
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Generosity in literature.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Intellectual life.
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Litteratur och politik-- historia-- Storbritannien-- 1700-talet.
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Politics and literature.
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Social classes.
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Englisch.
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Geschenk (Motiv)
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Geschenk (Motiv)
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Geschenk.
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Geschenk.
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Literatur.
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Literatur.
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Great Britain, Intellectual life, 18th century.
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England.
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England.
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England.
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Englisch.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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820.9/005
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| LC Classification
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PR448.G46C85 2009
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HK 1091rvk
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| Added Entry
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Klekar, Cynthia.
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Zionkowski, Linda.
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| Parallel Title
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Culture of the gift in 18th-century England
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