Romanticism and the gold standard[el...
Dick, Alexander John, (1970-)

 

  • Romanticism and the gold standard[electronic resource] :money, literature, and economic debate in Britain, 1790-1830 /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 820.9/145
    書名/作者: Romanticism and the gold standard : money, literature, and economic debate in Britain, 1790-1830 // Alexander Dick.
    作者: Dick, Alexander John,
    出版者: Basingstoke : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2013.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource : : ill.
    標題: Romanticism - History - 18th century. - Great Britain
    標題: Romanticism - History - 19th century. - Great Britain
    標題: Money in literature.
    標題: English literature - History and criticism - 18th century.
    標題: English literature - History and criticism - 19th century.
    標題: Gold standard - History. - Great Britain
    ISBN: 9781137292926 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 113729292X (electronic bk.)
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    內容註: 1. Realms of Gold -- 2. The Bullion Controversy -- 3. The Idea of Paper Money -- 4. Monetary Forgery and Romantic Poetics -- 5. Standard Novels -- Conclusion: A Romantic Economy.
    摘要、提要註: In 1816, the British government did something no one had ever done before: it introduced the first official gold standard in history. Through a close analysis of the pamphlets, reviews, lectures, journalism, editorials, poems, and novels surrounding the gold standard, this book examines its significance to the culture and literature of Romantic-era Britain. The gold standard was not a material object or universal concept, but a self-reflexive discourse that raised fundamental questions about knowledge, value, and social life. While politicians and financial experts believed that gold was the key to the nation's economic confidence, writers such as Ricardo, Malthus, Coleridge, Shelley, Austen, and Scott transformed the debates on the standard into a new disposition reflecting the difficulties and ambivalence of modern commerce: embarrassment. In this comprehensive and authoritative study, the author demonstrates the importance of monetary controversies to the story of Romanticism and of literary analysis to our understanding of money.
    電子資源: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
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