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The pleasures of Benthamism : Victorian literature, utility, political economy

Title
The pleasures of Benthamism : Victorian literature, utility, political economy / Kathleen Blake.
Author
Blake, Kathleen.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Description
267 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832
  • English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Utilitarianism
  • Economics and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-256) and index.
Contents
Victorian literature, utility, political economy : the case of Bleak house -- Pleasures of Benthamism--utility, or, 'people mutht be amuthed' : Bentham and Hard times -- Pains--'work while it is called today' : utility, political economy, Carlyle, and Trollope -- Pains--capital versus the gift in The mill on the floss -- 'On liberty' and laissez-faire -- Time and the textile industry : Gaskell and Tagore -- Utilitarian political economy and empire : Mill as liberal imperialist.
Call Number
JFD 10-1206
ISBN
  • 9780199563265 (acid-free paper)
  • 0199563268
LCCN
2010290097
OCLC
377822930
Author
Blake, Kathleen.
Title
The pleasures of Benthamism : Victorian literature, utility, political economy / Kathleen Blake.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-256) and index.
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