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] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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] | ||
| 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->
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| Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011 | ||
| 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 |
| 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->
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| Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011 | ||
| 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->
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| Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011 | ||
| 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 |
| 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
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
| 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
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
| 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
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| London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2017 | ||
| 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
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| London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2017 | ||
| 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->
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| New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2002 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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