Sensibility and Economics within the Novel argues that the sentimental novel, frequently visible as a 'feminine' style concentrating completely on emotional reaction, is in truth actively considering modern monetary and political debates. Spanning the interval encompassing the increase, heyday and decline of sentimentalism, the publication considers how the trajectory of the circulate affected the sentimental novel's use of discourses of economics, sensibility and femininity, and assesses the effect of the pressures of the post-Revolutionary 1790s on those parts.
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