Economics as literature / / Willie Henderson

• Autore: Henderson Willie <1947->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Disciplina: 809/.93533
• Soggetto topico: Economics literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-179) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Economics as literature: an introduction to literary economics'; 2 Child's play: Maria Edgeworth and economics education; 3 Jane Marcet's Conversations on Political Economy: a new interpretation; 4 Harriet Martineau or when political economy was popular'; 5 Thomas de Quincey reads David Ricardo; 6 John Ruskin or the political economy of soul'; 7 The problem of Edgeworth's style; 8 Style, persuasion and The General Theory; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A rich vein of economics writings which runs through the nineteenth century and beyond is now largely ignored because its authors were women or because they favoured literary over scientific forms. Economics as Literature re-examines some of the most interesting texts from within this tradition.The works considered include:*stories (eg by Maria Edgeworth and Harriet Martineau)*dialogues (eg by Jane Marcet and Thomas de Quincey)*'imaginative' writing (eg from Ruskin and Francis Edgeworth)*Keynes' General Theory which is locked within a nineteenth century 't
• Titolo autorizzato: Economics as literature
• ISBN: 1-134-79481-9; 1-134-79482-7; 1-280-46313-9; 9786610463138; 0-203-02545-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816023403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in the history of economics.