The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England

The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England analyzes the long overlooked role of gift exchange in literary texts and cultural documents and provides innovative readings of how gift transactions shaped the institutions and practices that gave this era its distinctive identity.

Author: C. Klekar
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 02/13/2009
Pages: 263
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230608290

About the Author

CYNTHIA KLEKAR is Assistant Professor of English and Associate Editor of Comparative Drama, Western Michigan University, USA.
LINDA ZIONKOWSKI is Professor of English, Ohio University, USA.