3. Economies of National Character

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Part One
6. 1. Edinburgh, Capital of the Nineteenth Century 3
7. 2. The Invention of National Culture 46
8. 3. Economies of National Character 70
9. 4. Modernity’s Other Worlds 96
10. 5. The Rise of Fiction 116
11. Part Two
12. 6. Hogg’s Body 147
13. 7. The Upright Corpse 183
14. 8. Theoretical Histories of Society 215
15. 9. Authenticity Effects 246
16. 10. A New Spirit of the Age 287
17. Notes 311
18. Bibliography 349
19. Index 375