Sensibility and Economics in the Novel: The Price of a Tear

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
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 12/14/1998
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780333644775

About the Author
Gillian Skinner is Lecturer in English at LSU College of Higher Education in Southampton.

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