Tamara S. Wagner, Financial Speculation in Victorian Fiction: Plotting Money and the Novel Genre, 1815–1901
This excellent study analyses the Victorian novel’s engagement with finance capitalism. It fits into a wave of recent critical studies devoted to literature and economics (Francis O’ Gorman, Catherine Gallagher) and it mirrors a renewal of interest in the way literature interacts with nineteenth-ce...
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| Publicado en: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cve, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
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Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | This excellent study analyses the Victorian novel’s engagement with finance capitalism. It fits into a wave of recent critical studies devoted to literature and economics (Francis O’ Gorman, Catherine Gallagher) and it mirrors a renewal of interest in the way literature interacts with nineteenth-century economic ideologies and practices. Tamara S. Wagner focuses on the impact of market forces on literature and shows that novels do not just mirror contemporary financial crises but contribute ... |
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