{"product_id":"9783319943244","title":"Palgrave Studies in Literature, Culture and Economics: A Literary History of \"Homo Economicus\"","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Studies in Literature, Culture and Economics: A Literary History of \"Homo Economicus\"\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eComyn, Sarah\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitical Economy and the Novel: A Literary History of ‘Homo Economicus’\u003c\/i\u003e provides a transhistorical account of \u003ci\u003ehomo economicus\u003c\/i\u003e (economic man), demonstrating this figure’s significance to economic theory and the Anglo-American novel over a 250-year period. Beginning with Adam Smith’s seminal texts –\u003ci\u003e Theory of Moral Sentiments\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wealth of Nations\u003c\/i\u003e – and Henry Fielding’s \u003ci\u003eA History of Tom Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, this book combines the methodologies of new historicism and new economic criticism to investigate the evolution of the \u003ci\u003ehomo economicus\u003c\/i\u003e model as it traverses through Ricardian economics and Jane Austen’s \u003ci\u003eSanditon\u003c\/i\u003e; J. S. Mill and Charles Dickens’ engagement with mid-Victorian dualities; Keynesianism and \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e’s exploration of post-war consumer impulses; the a\/moralistic discourses of Friedrich von Hayek, and Ayn Rand’s \u003ci\u003eAtlas Shrugged\u003c\/i\u003e; and finally the virtual crises of the twenty-first century financial market and DonDeLillo’s \u003ci\u003eCosmopolis\u003c\/i\u003e. Through its sustained comparative analysis of literary and economic discourses, this book transforms our understanding of the genre of the novel and offers critical new understandings of literary value, cultural capital and the moral foundations of political economy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-10-24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319943244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-94325-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 283\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47695166111884,"sku":"9783319943244","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319943244_d1d90c42-825f-41b7-9f73-f951bda7e2c2.jpg?v=1776775835","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319943244","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}