Fictions of Capital: The American Novel from James to Mailer

by Richard Godden

Book Overview

Fictions of Capital situates manners and writing about manners in the context of American capitalism between 1880 and 1960, a period that runs from the onset of the sales culture to its war-prompted crisis point in the 1960s. The work of various economic theorists and historians is used to establish two of capitalism's deeper narratives: the plot to accumulate and expand resources (1880 to the First World War), and the plot to ensure reproduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521064031
• ISBN13: 9780521064033
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"