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Man of Feeling

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ISBN-10: 019953862X

ISBN-13: 9780199538621

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: Henry Mackenzie, Brian Vickers, Stephen Bending, Stephen Bygrave

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'a book I prize next to the Bible' Robert BurnsMackenzie's hugely popular novel of 1771 is the foremost work of the sentimental movement, in which sentiment and sensibility were allied with true virtue, and sensitivity is the mark of the man of feeling. The hero, Harley, is followed in a series of episodes demonstrating his benevolence in an uncaring world: he assists the down-trodden, loses his love, and fails to achieve worldly success. The novel asks a series of vital questions: what morality is possible in a complex commercial world?Does trying to maintain it make you a saint or a fool? Is sentiment merely a luxury for the leisured classes? This edition reprints Brian Vickers's…    
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Book details

List price: $11.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/3/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.04" wide x 7.72" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English