Finance fictions : realism and psychosis in a time of economic crisis /

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Finance Fictions examines the tension between psychosis and realism in thecontemporary finance novel and shows that compared to earlier instances of thegenre (Wolfe; Ellis), the 21st-century finance novel (Alger; Harris;Houellebecq; Lerner) develops a new realist approach to a contemporary economyof...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: De Boever, Arne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Financial crises in literature.
Finance in literature.
Money in literature.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
American fiction
Finance in literature
Financial crises in literature
Money in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Revisiting The bonfire of the vanities
  • Psychotic realism in (American) psycho
  • Financial realism in the Fear index
  • The financial universe (after Meillassoux)
  • Michel Houellebecq, finance novelist
  • Financing the novel: Ben Lerner's 10:04
  • Conclusion.

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