The man of feeling
By: Henry Mackenzie ; edited by Brian Vickers ; with an introduction and notes by Stephen Bending and Stephen Bygrave.
Contributors: Vickers, Brian.; Bending, Stephen.; Bygrave, Stephen, 1957-
Edition: New ed.
Series: Oxford world's classics; Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxford ; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
Subjects: Failure (Psychology) -- Fiction.; Sentimentalism -- Fiction.; Benevolence -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
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 questions: 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.