Victorian literature, utility, political economy : the case of Bleak house -- Pleasures of Benthamism--utility, or, 'people mutht be amuthed' : Bentham and Hard times -- Pains--'work while it is called today' : utility, political economy, Carlyle, and Trollope -- Pains--capital versus the gift in The mill on the floss -- 'On liberty' and laissez-faire -- Time and the textile industry : Gaskell and Tagore -- Utilitarian political economy and empire : Mill as liberal imperialist
Summary
A fresh look at the often-censured but imperfectly understood traditions of Utilitarianism and political economy in relation to Victorian literature and culture
