The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel

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The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel

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Springer Nature
ISBN
9780230307278
Print ISBN
9780230278875
Format
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Höfundar
Jessica Richard
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English
Útgefið
2011-05-17
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  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Gambling Culture of Eighteenth-Century Britain
  • 1 "Putting to Hazard a Certainty": Lotteries and the Romance of Gambling in Eighteenth-Century Engla
  • 2 Cheating, Calculation, and the Episodic Romance of Gambling
  • 3 The Gambling Man of Feeling: Sublime and Sentimental Gambling
  • 4 The Lady's Last Stake: Camilla and the Female Gambler
  • 5 Children's Games "Abroad and at Home": Belinda, Education, and Empire
  • 6 The Confidence Man: Persuasion and the Romance of Risk
  • Afterword: The Eighteenth-Century Risk Society
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index