The Man of Feeling

Henry Mackenzie (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

154 Seiten

2001 | New edition
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-284032-5 (ISBN)

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Discusses the work in the context of the Scottish Enlightenment and European sentimentalism. This novel features a hero, Harley, who demonstrates his sensibility in a series of episodes as he is tested against an uncaring world.

'a book I prize next to the Bible' Robert Burns Mackenzie'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 authoritative text, with a new introduction that discusses the novel in the context of the Scottish Enlightenment and European sentimentalism.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.2001
Reihe/Serie	Oxford World's Classics
Co-Autor	Brian Vickers
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10	0-19-284032-0 / 0192840320
ISBN-13	978-0-19-284032-5 / 9780192840325
Zustand	Neuware