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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: De Boever, Arne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2018.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Money in literature.
Financial crises in literature.
Finance in literature.
American fiction.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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