The 'invisible hand', Adam Smith's metaphor for the morality of capitalism, is explored in this text as being far more subtle and intricate than is usually understood, with many British realist fiction writers (Austen, Dickens, Gaskell, Eliot) having absorbed his model of ironic causality in complex societies and turned it to their own purposes.
| ISBN: | 9780230290785 |
| Publication date: | 12th April 2011 |
| Author: | Eleanor Courtemanche |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 251 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Cultural studies Economic theory and philosophy Literary theory Fiction |
The 'invisible hand', Adam Smith's metaphor for the morality of capitalism, is explored in this text as being far more subtle and intricate than is usually understood, with many British realist fiction writers (Austen, Dickens, Gaskell, Eliot) having absorbed his model of ironic causality in complex societies and turned it to their own purposes.
The 'Invisible Hand' and British Fiction, 1818-1860 features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Cultural studies, Economic theory and philosophy, Literary theory, Fiction
The 'Invisible Hand' and British Fiction, 1818-1860 is available in Hardback
The 'Invisible Hand' and British Fiction, 1818-1860 was written by Eleanor Courtemanche and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
The 'Invisible Hand' and British Fiction, 1818-1860 has 251 pages
Yes it is part of Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture series