Sensibility and Economics in the Novel: The Price of a Tear (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333644775)

Sensibility and Economics in the Novel argues that the sentimental novel, usually seen as a 'feminine' genre concentrating exclusively on emotional response, is in fact actively involved in contemporary economic and political debates. Spanning the period encompassing the rise, heyday and decline of sentimentalism, the book considers how the trajectory of the movement affected the sentimental novel's use of discourses of economics, sensibility and femininity, and assesses the impact of the pressures of the post-Revolutionary 1790s on these areas.

Author: G. Skinner
ISBN-10: 0333644778
ISBN-13: 9780333644775
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/14/1998
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d