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Finance and Fictionality in the Early Eighteenth Century

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Book Finance and Fictionality in the Early Eighteenth Century Sandra Sherman
Libristo code: 02018211
Publishers Cambridge University Press, October 2005
In the early eighteenth century, the increasing dependence of society on financial credit provoked w... Full description
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In the early eighteenth century, the increasing dependence of society on financial credit provoked widespread anxiety. The texts of credit - stock certificates, IOUs, bills of exchange - were denominated as potential 'fictions', while the potential fictionality of other texts was measured in terms of the 'credit' they deserved. Sandra Sherman argues that in this environment finance is like fiction, employing the same tropes. She goes on to show how the work of Daniel Defoe epitomised the market's capacity to unsettle discourse, demanding and evading 'honesty' at the same time. Defoe's

About the book

Full name Finance and Fictionality in the Early Eighteenth Century
Author Sandra Sherman
Language English
Binding Book - Paperback
Date of issue 2005
Number of pages 236
EAN 9780521021425
ISBN 0521021421
Libristo code 02018211
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Weight 363
Dimensions 153 x 229 x 16

Categories

Biography, Literature & Literary studies > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
Biography, Literature & Literary studies > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
Biography, Literature & Literary studies > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Economics, Finance, Business & Management > Economics > Economic history
Language & Linguistics > Language: reference & general
Language qualifiers > Indo-European languages > Germanic & Scandinavian languages > English
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