The romance of gambling in the eighteenth-century british novel (Record no. 34383)

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Canceled/invalid LC control number 2011008046
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Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9780230278875 (hardback)
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Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9780230307278 (e-book)
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System control number (MiAaPQ)EBC713279
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Original cataloging agency MiAaPQ
Transcribing agency MiAaPQ
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Classification number PR858.G32
Item number R53 2011
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823/.5093579
Edition number 22
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Richard, Jessica Anne,
Dates associated with a name 1974-
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The romance of gambling in the eighteenth-century british novel
Medium [electronic resource] /
Statement of responsibility, etc Jessica Richard.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;
-- New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 201 p. :
Other physical details ill.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "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"--
Assigning source Provided by publisher.
533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE
Type of reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element English fiction
Chronological subdivision 18th century
General subdivision History and criticism.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Gambling in literature.
655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element ProQuest (Firm)
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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