The Fictions of American Capitalism - Working Fictions and the Economic Novel (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

The Fictions of American Capitalism: Working Fictions and the Economic Novel introduces a new way of thinking about fiction in connection with capitalism, especially American capitalism. These essays demonstrate how fiction fulfills a major function of the American capitalist engine, presenting various formulations of American capitalism from the perspective of economists, social scientists, and literary critics. Focusing on three narratives-fictitious capital, working fictions, and the economic novel-the volume questions whether these three types of fiction can be linked under the sign of capitalism. This collection seeks to illustrate the American economy's dependence on fictitiousness, America's ideological fictions, and the nation's creative literary fiction. In relation to what the credit and banking crisis of 2007-2008 exposed about the "unreal" base of the economy, the volume concludes with a call to recognize the economic humanities, arguing that American fiction and American literary studies can provide a useful mirror for economists.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Literature, Culture and Economics
Release date:	February 2020
First published:	2020
Editors:	Jacques-Henri Coste • Vincent Dussol
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	408
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-036563-9
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Money & Finance > General
LSN:	3-03-036563-8
Barcode:	9783030365639

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