The Resource Models of value : eighteenth-century political economy and the novel, James Thompson
Models of value : eighteenth-century political economy and the novel, James Thompson
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- Summary
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- James Thompson examines the concept of value as it came to be understood in eighteenth-century England through two emerging and divergent discourses: political economy and the novel. By looking at the relationship between these two developing forms - one having to do with finance, the other with romance - Thompson demonstrates how value came to have such different meaning in different realms of experience. A highly original rethinking of the origins of the English novel, Models of Value shows the novel's importance in remapping English culture according to the separate spheres of public and domestic life, men's and women's concerns, money and emotion
- In this account, political economy and the novel clearly arise as solutions to a crisis in the notion of value. Exploring the ways in which these different genres responded to the crisis - political economy by reconceptualizing wealth as capital, and the novel by refiguring intrinsic or human worth in the form of courtship narratives - Thompson rereads several literary works, including Defoe's Roxana, Fielding's Tom Jones, and Burney's Cecilia, along with influential contemporary economic texts. Models of Value also traces the discursive consequences of this bifurcation of value, and reveals how history and theory participate in the very novelistic and economic processes they describe. In doing so, the book bridges the opposition between the interests of marxism and feminism, and the distinctions which, newly made in the eighteenth century, continue to inform our discourse today
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 271 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: Models of value
- Representation and exchange
- Money as sign
- Defoe and the narrative of exchange
- Fielding and property
- Burney and debt
- Conclusion: Austen and the novel
- Isbn
- 9780822317210
- Label
- Models of value : eighteenth-century political economy and the novel
- Title
- Models of value
- Title remainder
- eighteenth-century political economy and the novel
- Statement of responsibility
- James Thompson
- Subject
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- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Economics in literature
- English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 18th century
- History
- Capitalism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Money in literature
- Value in literature
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- James Thompson examines the concept of value as it came to be understood in eighteenth-century England through two emerging and divergent discourses: political economy and the novel. By looking at the relationship between these two developing forms - one having to do with finance, the other with romance - Thompson demonstrates how value came to have such different meaning in different realms of experience. A highly original rethinking of the origins of the English novel, Models of Value shows the novel's importance in remapping English culture according to the separate spheres of public and domestic life, men's and women's concerns, money and emotion
- In this account, political economy and the novel clearly arise as solutions to a crisis in the notion of value. Exploring the ways in which these different genres responded to the crisis - political economy by reconceptualizing wealth as capital, and the novel by refiguring intrinsic or human worth in the form of courtship narratives - Thompson rereads several literary works, including Defoe's Roxana, Fielding's Tom Jones, and Burney's Cecilia, along with influential contemporary economic texts. Models of Value also traces the discursive consequences of this bifurcation of value, and reveals how history and theory participate in the very novelistic and economic processes they describe. In doing so, the book bridges the opposition between the interests of marxism and feminism, and the distinctions which, newly made in the eighteenth century, continue to inform our discourse today
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thompson, James
- Dewey number
- 823/.509355
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR858.E37
- LC item number
- T48 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English fiction
- Economics in literature
- Capitalism and literature
- Literature and society
- Value in literature
- Money in literature
- Great Britain
- Label
- Models of value : eighteenth-century political economy and the novel, James Thompson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-266) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Introduction: Models of value
- Representation and exchange
- Money as sign
- Defoe and the narrative of exchange
- Fielding and property
- Burney and debt
- Conclusion: Austen and the novel
- Control code
- 32746628
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- viii, 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9780822317210
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 95000600
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Models of value : eighteenth-century political economy and the novel, James Thompson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-266) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction: Models of value
- Representation and exchange
- Money as sign
- Defoe and the narrative of exchange
- Fielding and property
- Burney and debt
- Conclusion: Austen and the novel
- Control code
- 32746628
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- viii, 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9780822317210
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 95000600
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
Subject
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Economics in literature
- English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 18th century
- History
- Capitalism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Money in literature
- Value in literature
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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