02706nam 2200613 450 991046419050332120200520144314.01-4411-5384-5(CKB)3710000000109428(EBL)1644310(SSID)ssj0001235677(PQKBManifestationID)11702321(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001235677(PQKBWorkID)11230753(PQKB)11337955(MiAaPQ)EBC1644310(Au-PeEL)EBL1644310(CaPaEBR)ebr10867349(CaONFJC)MIL615968(OCoLC)893336109(EXLCZ)99371000000010942820070601h20072007 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMoney, speculation and finance in contemporary British fiction /Nicky MarshLondon ;New York :Continuum,[2007]©20071 online resource (171 p.)Continuum literary studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8264-9544-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-158) and index.'Kiss, kiss, bang, bang' : money and the thriller -- Sound money : Thatcher, gender and the state -- Bang, boom, bust : the fortune of the city -- Rogue traders : popular fiction and the professional -- Women, work and risk.Fiction has become increasingly concerned with the political and imaginative significance of finance, speculation and the money markets - from Ian Fleming''s Goldfinger to Jonathan Coe''s What a Carve Up and Martin Amis'' Money. This book argues that recent British fiction demystifies the ''weightless'' economy of contemporary money and critiques the popular sense of money as being everywhere but nowhere. The monograph provides a comprehensive survey of a large body of fictional texts that have striven to represent and understand the formative significance of finance capital on contemporary cuContinuum literary studies.English fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismMoney in literatureFinance in literatureElectronic books.English fictionHistory and criticism.Money in literature.Finance in literature.823/.914093553Marsh Nicky981759MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464190503321Money, speculation and finance in contemporary British fiction2240663UNINA