Jessica Richard
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2011
9780230278875
The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
e druk, 2011
ISBN13: 9780230278875
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Gambling permeated the daily lives of eighteenth-century Britons of all classes. This book explicates the relationship between the rampant gambling in eighteenth-century England, the new forms of gambling-inspired capitalism that transformed British society, and novels that interrogate the new socio-economy of long odds and lucky breaks.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780230278875
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: The Gambling Culture of Eighteenth-Century Britain 'Putting to Hazard a Certainty': Lotteries and the Romance of Gambling in Eighteenth-Century England (Sir Charles Grandison, The Excursion) Cheating, Calculation, and the Episodic Romance of Gambling (Hoyle's Short Treatise , Ferdinand Count Fathom, Amelia ) The Gambling Man of Feeling: Sublime and Sentimental Gambling ( Cecilia, The Adventures of David Simple, The Mysteries of Udolpho ) The Lady's Last Stake: Camilla and the Female Gambler Children's Games 'Abroad and at Home': Belinda, Education, and Empire The Confidence Man: Persuasion and the Romance of Risk Afterword: The Eighteenth-Century Risk Society Works Cited Index