The representation of business in English literature / edited and with an introduction by Arthur Pollard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pollard, Arthur.

Liberty Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--History and criticism.

English literature.

Business in literature.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History.

Literature and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Representation of Business in English Literature, five scholars of different periods of English literature produce original essays on how business and businesspeople have been portrayed by novelists, starting in the eighteenth century and continuing to the end of the twentieth century. The contributors to Representation help readers understand the partiality of the various writers and, in so doing, explore the issue of what determines public opinion about business. Arthur Pollard (1922-2001) was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Hull in Hull, East Yorkshire, England. John Blundell is General Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs, London. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon , Barnes and Noble , and iTunes .

Contents:

Eighteenth-century attitudes towards business / W.A. Speck

Early nineteenth century : Birmingham-something direful in the sound / Geoffrey Carnall

The high Victorian period (1850-1900) : the worship of Mammon / Angus Easson

The early twentieth century : uniformity, drudgery and economics / Allan Simmons

Mid-late twentieth century : an unprecedented moral quagmire / John Morris.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-61487-888-9

1-4619-3332-3

OCLC:

852160119