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The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England

The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England

Description

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.

Keywords

LOCKE, JOHN, 1632-1704ENGLISH LITERATURE_HISTORY AND CRITICISM_18TH CENTURYPOLITICS AND LITERATURESOCIAL CLASSES_GREAT BRITAINENGLISH LANGUAGE_SOCIAL ASPECTSGREAT BRITAIN_INTELLECTUAL LIFE

2009Book

Author(s)Linda Zionkowski

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

ISBN9780230608290

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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