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Capitalism and commerce in imaginative literature : perspectives on business from novels and plays / / edited by Edward W. Younkins
Capitalism and commerce in imaginative literature : perspectives on business from novels and plays / / edited by Edward W. Younkins
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (402 p.)
Disciplina 330.122
Collana Capitalist thought : studies in philosophy, politics, and economics
Soggetto topico Capitalism and literature
Commerce in literature
ISBN 1-4985-1930-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover-Page; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Capitalism and Commerce in Novels and Plays; 2 Epic and the Medium of Exchange; 3 The Cost of War and the Profits of Peace in Aristophanes' Acharnians; 4 A Time for Bonding: Commerce, Love, and Law in The Merchant of Venice; 5 Human Action: Pursuing Happiness Inside and Outside the Happy Valley; 6 The Rime of the Neoclassical Economist: The Economist's Failure at Spreading the Passion of Capitalism; 7 Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South: Industrial Energy Versus "The Idiocies of Rural Life"
8 Where Have You Gone, Horatio Alger: A Long Gone Literary Hero and the Bourgeois Virtues9 Crony Capitalism in The Gilded Age by Twain and Warner and Its Relevance for Today; 10 Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People; 11 William Dean Howells' Work Ethic in The Rise of Silas Lapham; 12 Capitalism Contra Ethics: William Dean Howells and the Moral Ambivalence of Business; 13 The Panic of '93: The Literary Response; 14 Heroism Redefined: Integrating Mind and Emotion in Calumet "K"; 15 Women's Work: Edna Ferber, Emma McChesney, and the Portrait of the American Businesswoman
16 The Great Gatsby: A Commentary on the Wealthy in America of the 1920s17 Steinbeck's Perspectives on Capitalism: From The Grapes of Wrath to East of Eden; 18 Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, and Libertarianism; 19 The Freedom Gradient in Ayn Rand's Novels; 20 Identity, Professional Ethics, and Substantive Style in The Fountainhead; 21 Business in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged; 22 Business as an Agent of Human Progress in Time Will Run Back, Methuselah's Children, and The Transhumanist Wager; 23 Rabbit in the Showroom: Healthy, Wealthy, and No Place Left to Run; 24 Roger Rueff's Hospitality Suite
25 Writing, Money, Markets, Slavery, and Unintended Consequences at the Beginning of History: Samuel R. Delany's Return to Nevèrÿon26 "We Do Not Sow": The Economics and Politics of A Song of Ice and Fire; 27 Harry Potter and the Invisible Hand; or, the Virtue of Business That Is Not Serious; 28 Race, Rules, and Real Estate in August Wilson's Radio Golf; Index; About the Contributors
Record Nr. UNINA-9910798292403321
Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2016]
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Capitalism and commerce in imaginative literature : perspectives on business from novels and plays / / edited by Edward W. Younkins
Capitalism and commerce in imaginative literature : perspectives on business from novels and plays / / edited by Edward W. Younkins
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (402 p.)
Disciplina 330.122
Collana Capitalist thought : studies in philosophy, politics, and economics
Soggetto topico Capitalism and literature
Commerce in literature
ISBN 1-4985-1930-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover-Page; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Capitalism and Commerce in Novels and Plays; 2 Epic and the Medium of Exchange; 3 The Cost of War and the Profits of Peace in Aristophanes' Acharnians; 4 A Time for Bonding: Commerce, Love, and Law in The Merchant of Venice; 5 Human Action: Pursuing Happiness Inside and Outside the Happy Valley; 6 The Rime of the Neoclassical Economist: The Economist's Failure at Spreading the Passion of Capitalism; 7 Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South: Industrial Energy Versus "The Idiocies of Rural Life"
8 Where Have You Gone, Horatio Alger: A Long Gone Literary Hero and the Bourgeois Virtues9 Crony Capitalism in The Gilded Age by Twain and Warner and Its Relevance for Today; 10 Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People; 11 William Dean Howells' Work Ethic in The Rise of Silas Lapham; 12 Capitalism Contra Ethics: William Dean Howells and the Moral Ambivalence of Business; 13 The Panic of '93: The Literary Response; 14 Heroism Redefined: Integrating Mind and Emotion in Calumet "K"; 15 Women's Work: Edna Ferber, Emma McChesney, and the Portrait of the American Businesswoman
16 The Great Gatsby: A Commentary on the Wealthy in America of the 1920s17 Steinbeck's Perspectives on Capitalism: From The Grapes of Wrath to East of Eden; 18 Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, and Libertarianism; 19 The Freedom Gradient in Ayn Rand's Novels; 20 Identity, Professional Ethics, and Substantive Style in The Fountainhead; 21 Business in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged; 22 Business as an Agent of Human Progress in Time Will Run Back, Methuselah's Children, and The Transhumanist Wager; 23 Rabbit in the Showroom: Healthy, Wealthy, and No Place Left to Run; 24 Roger Rueff's Hospitality Suite
25 Writing, Money, Markets, Slavery, and Unintended Consequences at the Beginning of History: Samuel R. Delany's Return to Nevèrÿon26 "We Do Not Sow": The Economics and Politics of A Song of Ice and Fire; 27 Harry Potter and the Invisible Hand; or, the Virtue of Business That Is Not Serious; 28 Race, Rules, and Real Estate in August Wilson's Radio Golf; Index; About the Contributors
Record Nr. UNINA-9910818099403321
Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2016]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Conradian contracts : exchange and identity in the immigrant imagination / / Tamas Juhasz
Conradian contracts : exchange and identity in the immigrant imagination / / Tamas Juhasz
Autore Juhasz Tamas <1966->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (389 p.)
Disciplina 823/.912
Soggetto topico Immigrants in literature
Social contract in literature
Commerce in literature
Displacement (Psychology) in literature
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Psychoanalysis and literature
ISBN 979-82-16-30784-6
1-283-07180-0
9786613071804
0-7391-4555-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Commerce and Return in Almayer's Folly; 2 Trans-Ports of Love; 3 Never Keeping to Oneself; 4 Paternal Discourse and Contractual Revision in Under Western Eyes; 5 "The Duel"; 6 A "Supreme Illusion"; 7 Trade, Meaning and the Prospects of Self-Transformation in Lord Jim; 8 The End of Potlatch; 9 Sympathy, Generosity and the Business of Womanhood in Chance; 10 Conclusions and Words after Conrad's; Works Cited; Index; About the Author
Record Nr. UNINA-9910971373403321
Juhasz Tamas <1966->  
Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011
Materiale a stampa
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Conradian contracts [[electronic resource] ] : exchange and identity in the immigrant imagination / / Tamás Juhász
Conradian contracts [[electronic resource] ] : exchange and identity in the immigrant imagination / / Tamás Juhász
Autore Juhász Tamás <1966->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (389 p.)
Disciplina 823/.912
Soggetto topico Immigrants in literature
Social contract in literature
Commerce in literature
Displacement (Psychology) in literature
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Psychoanalysis and literature
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-07180-0
9786613071804
0-7391-4555-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Commerce and Return in Almayer's Folly; 2 Trans-Ports of Love; 3 Never Keeping to Oneself; 4 Paternal Discourse and Contractual Revision in Under Western Eyes; 5 "The Duel"; 6 A "Supreme Illusion"; 7 Trade, Meaning and the Prospects of Self-Transformation in Lord Jim; 8 The End of Potlatch; 9 Sympathy, Generosity and the Business of Womanhood in Chance; 10 Conclusions and Words after Conrad's; Works Cited; Index; About the Author
Record Nr. UNINA-9910457032803321
Juhász Tamás <1966->  
Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Conradian contracts [[electronic resource] ] : exchange and identity in the immigrant imagination / / Tamás Juhász
Conradian contracts [[electronic resource] ] : exchange and identity in the immigrant imagination / / Tamás Juhász
Autore Juhász Tamás <1966->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (389 p.)
Disciplina 823/.912
Soggetto topico Immigrants in literature
Social contract in literature
Commerce in literature
Displacement (Psychology) in literature
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Psychoanalysis and literature
ISBN 1-283-07180-0
9786613071804
0-7391-4555-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Commerce and Return in Almayer's Folly; 2 Trans-Ports of Love; 3 Never Keeping to Oneself; 4 Paternal Discourse and Contractual Revision in Under Western Eyes; 5 "The Duel"; 6 A "Supreme Illusion"; 7 Trade, Meaning and the Prospects of Self-Transformation in Lord Jim; 8 The End of Potlatch; 9 Sympathy, Generosity and the Business of Womanhood in Chance; 10 Conclusions and Words after Conrad's; Works Cited; Index; About the Author
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781276203321
Juhász Tamás <1966->  
Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The culture of piracy, 1580-1630 : English literature and Seaborne crime / / Claire Jowitt
The culture of piracy, 1580-1630 : English literature and Seaborne crime / / Claire Jowitt
Autore Jowitt Claire
Pubbl/distr/stampa Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (243 p.)
Disciplina 820.9/3556
Collana Transculturalisms, 1400-1700
Soggetto topico English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism
Crime in literature
Pirates in literature
Politics and literature - England - History - 16th century
Politics and literature - England - History - 17th century
Privateering - History - 16th century
Privateering - History - 17th century
Commerce in literature
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-315-24037-8
1-282-65759-3
9786612657597
0-7546-9912-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Subversive Pirates? Representations of Purser and Clinton, 1583-1639; 2 The Uses and Abuses of 'Piracy': Discourses of Mercantilism and Empire in Accounts of Drake's 'Famous Voyage', 1580-1630; 3 'Et in Arcadia Ego': Piracy and Politics in Prose Romance, 1580-1603; 4 Pirates and Politics: Drama of the 'Long 1590's'; 5 Jacobean Connections: Piracy and Politics in Seventeenth-Century Drama and Romance; 6 Politics and Pirate Typology in John Fletcher and Philip Massinger's Late Jacobean Pirate Drama; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910458847503321
Jowitt Claire  
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The culture of piracy, 1580-1630 : English literature and Seaborne crime / / Claire Jowitt
The culture of piracy, 1580-1630 : English literature and Seaborne crime / / Claire Jowitt
Autore Jowitt Claire
Pubbl/distr/stampa Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (243 p.)
Disciplina 820.9/3556
Collana Transculturalisms, 1400-1700
Soggetto topico English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism
Crime in literature
Pirates in literature
Politics and literature - England - History - 16th century
Politics and literature - England - History - 17th century
Privateering - History - 16th century
Privateering - History - 17th century
Commerce in literature
ISBN 1-315-24037-8
1-282-65759-3
9786612657597
0-7546-9912-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Subversive Pirates? Representations of Purser and Clinton, 1583-1639; 2 The Uses and Abuses of 'Piracy': Discourses of Mercantilism and Empire in Accounts of Drake's 'Famous Voyage', 1580-1630; 3 'Et in Arcadia Ego': Piracy and Politics in Prose Romance, 1580-1603; 4 Pirates and Politics: Drama of the 'Long 1590's'; 5 Jacobean Connections: Piracy and Politics in Seventeenth-Century Drama and Romance; 6 Politics and Pirate Typology in John Fletcher and Philip Massinger's Late Jacobean Pirate Drama; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910784942903321
Jowitt Claire  
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Economies of Representation, 1790-2000 : Colonialism and Commerce
Economies of Representation, 1790-2000 : Colonialism and Commerce
Autore Dale Leigh
Edizione [First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2017
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (262 p.)
Disciplina 820.93553
Soggetto topico English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
English literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Colonies in literature
Commerce in literature
Capitalism in literature
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-003-06342-X
0-367-89299-5
1-351-15923-2
9780827786896
1-351-15924-0
1-351-15922-4
1-281-20799-3
9786611207991
0-7546-8246-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Colonialism and Commerce; Part II: Reading Exchange; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910458644503321
Dale Leigh  
London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2017
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Economies of Representation, 1790-2000 : Colonialism and Commerce
Economies of Representation, 1790-2000 : Colonialism and Commerce
Autore Dale Leigh
Edizione [First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2017
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (262 p.)
Disciplina 820.93553
Soggetto topico English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
English literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Colonies in literature
Commerce in literature
Capitalism in literature
ISBN 1-003-06342-X
0-367-89299-5
1-351-15923-2
9780827786896
1-351-15924-0
1-351-15922-4
1-281-20799-3
9786611207991
0-7546-8246-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Colonialism and Commerce; Part II: Reading Exchange; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910784891703321
Dale Leigh  
London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2017
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Mammon's music [[electronic resource] ] : literature and economics in the age of Milton / / Blair Hoxby
Mammon's music [[electronic resource] ] : literature and economics in the age of Milton / / Blair Hoxby
Autore Hoxby Blair <1966->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2002
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (333 p.)
Disciplina 821/.4
Soggetto topico Commerce in literature
Economics and literature - Great Britain - History - 17th century
Economics in literature
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-281-73043-2
9786611730437
0-300-12963-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Conventions and Texts -- Introduction -- 1. The Trade of Truth Advanced -- 2. Republican Experiments, Royalist Responses -- 3. The King of Trade -- 4. Royalist Topography and the Epic of Trade -- 5. Speculation in Paradise -- 6. From Amboyna to Windsor Forest -- 7. Idleness Had Been Worse -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910451781403321
Hoxby Blair <1966->  
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2002
Materiale a stampa
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