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Autore |
Jarvie Paul <1949, > |
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Titolo |
Ready to trample on all human law : financial capitalism in the fiction of Charles Dickens / / Paul A. Jarvie |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-48851-7 |
1-135-48844-4 |
0-203-95917-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in major literary authors |
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Soggetti |
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Capitalism and literature - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Capitalists and financiers in literature |
Economics in literature |
Finance in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Dickens's Evolving Critique of Financial Capitalism; Chapter One ""I hold myself released from such hard bargains as these"": Nicholas Nickleby and ""Brotherly"" Capitalism; Chapter Two ""With what astrange mastery it seized him for itself"": The Conversion of the Financier in A Christmas Carol; Chapter Three ""Terribly wild rang the panic cry"": Finance, Panic and the Struggle for Life in Little Dorrit |
Chapter Four ""Among the dying and the dead"": Metonymy and Finance Capitalism in Our Mutual FriendConclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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