The Tyranny of Gift Giving: The Politics of Generosity in Sarah Scott's Millenium Hall and Sir George Ellison.
The author discusses the relationship between generosity and obligation of gift-giving in England in the eighteenth-century novels "Millenium Hall" and "Sir George Ellison," both by Sarah Scott. Gift-giving was a reflection of social and economic concerns of the period and could be in the form of ch...
| Publicado en: | Eighteenth Century Fiction Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 291 - 307 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Toronto Press
Spring2007
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| Sumario: | The author discusses the relationship between generosity and obligation of gift-giving in England in the eighteenth-century novels "Millenium Hall" and "Sir George Ellison," both by Sarah Scott. Gift-giving was a reflection of social and economic concerns of the period and could be in the form of charitable donations or in the exchange of women in marriage. |
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