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The feeling of letting die : necroeconomics and Victorian fiction / Jennifer MacLure.

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Book
Author/Creator:
MacLure, Jennifer, author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865--Criticism and interpretation.
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn.
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876--Criticism and interpretation.
Martineau, Harriet.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Criticism and interpretation.
Dickens, Charles.
Morris, William, 1834-1896--Criticism and interpretation.
Morris, William.
Eliot, George, 1819-1880--Criticism and interpretation.
Eliot, George.
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
English fiction.
Capitalism in literature.
Capitalism and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Capitalism and literature.
Economics--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Economics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (200 pages.)
Place of Publication:
Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2023]
Contents:
Introduction: Death by invisible hand
How to let die: Malthusian medicine in Martineau and Marcus
Making ill: pathoeconomics in Gaskell's industrial novels
Letting die slowly: necroeconomic pleasure in Dickens's Bleak house
Unfeeling capitalism, future and past: Middlemarch, Felix Holt, and news from nowhere
Afterword: Our necroeconomic present.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780814283301 (electronic bk.)
0814283306 (electronic bk.)
Publisher Number:
40031964353
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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