Economics for Lovers of Literature

by Geraint Johnes

Book Overview

This book provides an engaging introduction to economics through a literary lens. Drawing on writers such as James Joyce, George Eliot, Edith Wharton, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Elizabeth Gaskell, each chapter is framed around a quote from a classic text of English literature that helps tease out a key economic concept and demonstrate its broader relevance. While rigorous, the book is virtually free of technical language and aims to give...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031264851
• ISBN13: 9783031264856
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"