The Man of Feeling (Oxford World's Classics)

The Man of Feeling (Oxford World's Classics)
by Henry Mackenzie

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Author: Henry Mackenzie
Editor: Brian Vickers
Introduction: Stephen Bending
Introduction: Stephen Bygrave
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-08-03
ISBN: 019953862X
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Book Review: Oh Snap I Got First
Summary: 3 Stars

I read an older edition of this Oxford World's Classic. Notable for a lengthy foreward that gives you all you need to know about the literature of sensibility that was to come to the fore in 19th century literature- the editors posit that the Man of Feeling is very much part of the enlightenment era debate over whether man was basically good or bad. Like many other books of this era, Man of Feeling has a self awareness that strikes the modern reader as "post modern" as anything written in the 20th century. The format of Man of Feeling- elliptical, with large portions "missing" and a narrator who is presenting a work that was found by a third party years after the death of the protagonist- reveals a sophistication that likely accounts in some part for the designation of this books as a "world classic.:

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Summary of The Man of Feeling (Oxford World's Classics)

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?

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