Ready to Trample on All Human Law : Finance Capitalism in the Fiction of Charles Dickens.

This book explores the relationship between Dickens's novels and the financial system. Elements of Dickens's work form a critique of financial capitalism. This critique is rooted in the difference between use-value and exchange-value, and in the difference between productive circulations a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jarvie, Paul A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Colección:Studies in major literary authors.
Temas:
1800-1899
Capitalism and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Capitalists and financiers in literature.
Dickens, Charles > 1812-1870 > Characters > Capitalists and financiers.
Dickens, Charles > 1812-1870 > Knowledge > Economics.
Economics in literature.
Finance in literature.
Capitalisme et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Capitalistes et financiers dans la littérature.
Économie politique dans la littérature.
Capitalism and literature
Capitalists and financiers in literature
Economics in literature
Finance in literature
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book explores the relationship between Dickens's novels and the financial system. Elements of Dickens's work form a critique of financial capitalism. This critique is rooted in the difference between use-value and exchange-value, and in the difference between productive circulations and mere accumulation. In a money-based society, exchange-value and accumulation dominate to the point where they infect even the most important and sacred relationships between parts of society and individuals. This study explores Dickens's critique from two very different points of view. The first.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (216 pages)
ISBN:9781135488444
1135488444

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