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The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Economics

Peter Knight editor Nicky Marsh editor Paul Crosthwaite editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:11th Aug '22

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This book provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the interdisciplinary field of literature and economics.

This Companion provides students and researchers with a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the interdisciplinary field of literature and economics. Combining historical coverage with key topics, the volume will appeal to literary scholars and to historians and social scientists interested in the literary and cultural dimensions of economics.In recent years, money, finance, and the economy have emerged as central topics in literary studies. The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Economics explains the innovative critical methods that scholars have developed to explore the economic concerns of texts ranging from the medieval period to the present. Across seventeen chapters by field-leading experts, the book highlights how, throughout literary history, economic matters have intersected with crucial topics including race, gender, sexuality, nation, empire, and the environment. It also explores how researchers in other disciplines are turning to literature and literary theory for insights into economic questions. Combining thorough historical coverage with attention to emerging issues and approaches, this Companion will appeal to literary scholars and to historians and social scientists interested in the literary and cultural dimensions of economics.

ISBN: 9781009012997

Dimensions: 227mm x 151mm x 19mm

Weight: 502g

300 pages