description: "In Mackenzie's popular novel of 1771, the sentimental hero's capacity for fine feeling reveals his true virtue. A series of episodes demonstrates Harley's benevolence in an uncaring world as he assists the down-trodden, loses his love, and fails to achieve worldly success. The novel asks a series of vital what morality is possible in a complex commercial world? Does trying to maintain it make you a saint or a fool? Can sentiment bond society or is it 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 sentimental literature of which it is a pre-eminent example.
language: English
title: The man of feeling
titlecomplete: The man of feeling (The novels of Henry Mackenzie)
genres: Fiction, Classics, English Literature, 18th Century, British Literature, School, Scotland, Historical Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 1718
places: England
publisher: AMS Press