Commerce, Morality and the Eighteenth-Century Novel

There has been much debate about the literary origins of the novel. Liz Bellamy argues that the evolution of the novel in eighteenth-century Britain should also be seen in the context of other cultural changes, in particular the emergence of the study of economics. Through fresh readings of a wide range of novels, Bellamy examines the novel's engagement with contemporary debates over public and private virtues and commercial and anti-commercial ethics, and shows how crucial these were to the structure and moral content of the novel as a form.

• | Author: Liz Bellamy
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 23, 1998
• | Number of Pages: 232 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0521622247
• | ISBN-13: 9780521622240