Finance and fictionality in the early eighteenth century: accounting for defoe
Auteur :
Sherman, Sandra
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521481540
Date de publication :
4 avr. 1996
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,9 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
470 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In the early eighteenth century, the increasing dependence of society on financial credit led to a blurring of the distinctions between finance and fictionality. The work of Daniel Defoe, which straddles finance and literature, epitomises the market's capacity to take advantage of the new instability of discourse.