The romance of gambling in the eighteenth-century British novel / Jessica Richard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richard, Jessica Anne, 1974-

Series:

Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Gambling in literature.

Physical Description:

xi, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

"Gambling permeated the daily lives of eighteenth-century Britons of all classes. This book explicates the relationship between the rampant gambling in eighteenth-century England, the new forms of gambling-inspired capitalism that transformed British society, and novels that interrogate the new socio-economy of long odds and lucky breaks"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Gambling Culture of Eighteenth-Century Britain

'Putting to Hazard a Certainty': Lotteries and the Romance of Gambling in Eighteenth-Century England (Sir Charles Grandison, The Excursion)

Cheating, Calculation, and the Episodic Romance of Gambling (Hoyle's Short Treatise, Ferdinand Count Fathom, Amelia)

The Gambling Man of Feeling: Sublime and Sentimental Gambling (Cecilia, The Adventures of David Simple, The Mysteries of Udolpho)

The Lady's Last Stake: Camilla and the Female Gambler

Children's Games 'Abroad and at Home': Belinda, Education, and Empire

The Confidence Man: Persuasion and the Romance of Risk

Afterword: The Eighteenth-Century Risk Society

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230278875

0230278876

OCLC:

698330447