Economics as literature / Willie Henderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henderson, Willie, 1947-

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of economics.

Routledge studies in the history of economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A rich vein of economics writings which runs through the nineteenth century and beyond is now largely ignored because its authors were women or because they favoured literary over scientific forms. Economics as Literature re-examines some of the most interesting texts from within this tradition.The works considered include:*stories (eg by Maria Edgeworth and Harriet Martineau)*dialogues (eg by Jane Marcet and Thomas de Quincey)*'imaginative' writing (eg from Ruskin and Francis Edgeworth)*Keynes' General Theory which is locked within a nineteenth century 't

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Economics as literature: an introduction to literary economics'; 2 Child's play: Maria Edgeworth and economics education; 3 Jane Marcet's Conversations on Political Economy: a new interpretation; 4 Harriet Martineau or when political economy was popular'; 5 Thomas de Quincey reads David Ricardo; 6 John Ruskin or the political economy of soul'; 7 The problem of Edgeworth's style; 8 Style, persuasion and The General Theory; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-179) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-79481-9

1-134-79482-7

1-280-46313-9

9786610463138

0-203-02545-8

9780203025451

OCLC:

437073697