Few topics are as central to the American literary imagination as money. American writers' preoccupations with money predate the foundation of the United States and persist to the present day. Writers have been among the sharpest critics and most enchanted observers of an American social world dominated by the 'cash nexus'; and they have reckoned with imaginative writing's own deep and ambivalent entanglements with the logics of inscription, circulation, and valuation that define the money economy itself. As a dominant measure of value, money has also profoundly shaped representations of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. American literature's engagements with money - and with directly related topics including debt, credit, finance, and the capitalist market - are among Americanists' most prominent concerns. This landmark volume synthesizes and builds upon the abundance of research in the field to provide the first comprehensive mapping of money's crucial role over five centuries of American literary history.
| ISBN: | 9781009350471 |
| Publication date: | 17th July 2025 |
| Author: | Paul Crosthwaite |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 350 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Themes in American Literature and Culture |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Gender studies, gender groups Economic systems and structures |
Few topics are as central to the American literary imagination as money. American writers' preoccupations with money predate the foundation of the United States and persist to the present day. Writers have been among the sharpest critics and most enchanted observers of an American social world dominated by the 'cash nexus'; and they have reckoned with imaginative writing's own deep and ambivalent entanglements with the logics of inscription, circulation, and valuation that define the money economy itself. As a dominant measure of value, money has also profoundly shaped representations of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. American literature's engagements with money - and with directly related topics including debt, credit, finance, and the capitalist market - are among Americanists' most prominent concerns. This landmark volume synthesizes and builds upon the abundance of research in the field to provide the first comprehensive mapping of money's crucial role over five centuries of American literary history.
Money and American Literature features in the following genres: Literary studies: general, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Economic systems and structures
Money and American Literature is available in Hardback
Money and American Literature was written by Paul Crosthwaite and published by Cambridge University Press
Money and American Literature has 350 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Themes in American Literature and Culture series
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