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Re-reading economics in literature : a capitalist critical perspective / Matt Spivey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spivey, Matt, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics in literature.
- Capitalism in literature.
- Business in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (141 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Maryland : Lexington Books, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- This book challenges traditional Marxist readings in literary criticism by employing a free-market lens to analyze important American texts and authors.
- Contents:
- Introduction. 1. The Austrian school of economic literary criticism
- 2. The power of human capital in Frederick Douglass's Narrative
- 3. Gatsby, Daisy, and the Austrian business cycle
- 4. "The monster's sick": rural economics in The grapes of wrath
- 5. Bigger's world: urban economics in Native son
- 6. Rage against the machine: Kurt Vonnegut's Player piano
- Conclusion
- Works cited.
- ISBN:
- 9781978727304
- 1978727305
- 9781793634481
- 1793634483
- OCLC:
- 1512510216
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