Economics and Literature: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics)

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Synopsis
Since the Middle Ages, literature has portrayed the economic world in poetry, drama, stories and novels. The complexity of human realities highlights crucial aspects of the economy. The nexus linking characters to their economic environment is central in a new genre, the "economic novel", that puts forth economic choices and events to narrate social behavior, individual desires, and even non-economic decisions. For many authors, literary narration also offers a means to express critical viewpoints about economic development, for example in regards to its ecological or social ramifications. Conflicts of economic interest have social, political and moral causes and consequences. This book shows how economic and literary texts deal with similar subjects, and explores the ways in which economic ideas and metaphors shape literary texts, focusing on the analogies between economic theories and narrative structure in literature and drama. This volume also suggests that connecting literature and economics can help us find a common language to voice new, critical perspectives on crises and social change. Written by an impressive array of experts in their fields, Economics and Literature is an important read for those who study history of economic thought, economic theory and philosophy, as well as literary and critical theory.
Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
266 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781351865593
Related ISBNs:
9781315231617, 9780367886202, 9780367886202, 9781138294356, 9781138294356, 9780367886202, 9781315231617, 9781138294356
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Ҫınla Akdere
Edited by:
Christine Baron

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