Real money and romanticism /

Real money and romanticism /

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Author / Creator:	Rowlinson, Matthew Charles, 1956-
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:	xi, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in romanticism ; 85 Cambridge studies in Romanticism. Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 85.
Subject:	English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Romanticism -- Great Britain. Money in literature. Economics in literature. Economics in literature. English poetry. Money in literature. Romanticism. Great Britain. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8120658

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ISBN:	9780521193795 0521193796
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Real Money and Romanticism interprets poetry and fiction by Sir Walter Scott, John Keats, and Charles Dickens in the context of changes in the British monetary system and in the broader economy during the early nineteenth century. In this period modern systems of paper money and intellectual property became established; Matthew Rowlinson describes the consequent changes in relations between writers and publishers and shows how a new conception of material artifacts as the bearers of abstract value shaped Romantic conceptions of character, material culture, and labor. A fresh and radically different contribution to the growing field of inquiry into the 'economics' of literature, this is an ingenious and challenging reading of Romantic discourse from the point of view of monetary theory and history"--

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Summary:	Real Money and Romanticism interprets poetry and fiction by Sir Walter Scott, John Keats, and Charles Dickens in the context of changes in the British monetary system and in the broader economy during the early nineteenth century. In this period modern systems of paper money and intellectual property became established; Matthew Rowlinson describes the consequent changes in relations between writers and publishers and shows how a new conception of material artefacts as the bearers of abstract value shaped Romantic conceptions of character, material culture, and labor. A fresh and radically different contribution to the growing field of inquiry into the 'economics' of literature, this is an ingenious and challenging reading of Romantic discourse from the point of view of monetary theory and history.
Physical Description:	xi, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780521193795 0521193796