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Currencies: Fiscal Fortunes and Cultural Capital in Nineteenth-Century France
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Currencies: Fiscal Fortunes and Cultural Capital in Nineteenth-Century France
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The thirteen essays in this volume, based on selected papers given at the Second Annual Conference of the Society of Dix-Neuvi?mistes (2003), explore the relationships between symbolic, monetary and literary currencies in nineteenth-century France. Essays focus on the sometimes surprising treatment of capitalism and commodity culture in the works of Mallarm?, Zola and Huysmans; the transfer and borrowing of economic and literary commodities, names, and concepts in nineteenth-century culture, from Flora Tristan's July Monarchy to Schwob's fin-de-si?cle moment; and the interplay between wealth and identity, and commerce and globalisation, in the writings of Hugo, Janin, and Balzac. While it is widely acknowledged that the theme of money is central to nineteenth-century literature, this volume is innovative in tracing the variation, breadth and ubiquity of the idea of currencies in the cultural imaginary of the epoch.
| Author: Robin Howells |
| Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis |
| Publication Date: Sep 16, 2005 |
| Number of Pages: 218 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 3039105132 |
| ISBN-13: 9783039105137 |
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