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Subject(s)

• Economics literature [Browse]

Series

Routledge studies in the history of economics. [More in this series]

Summary note

A rich vein of economics writings which runs through the nineteenth century and beyond is now largely ignored because its authors were women or because they favoured literary over scientific forms. Economics as Literature re-examines some of the most interesting texts from within this tradition.The works considered include:*stories (eg by Maria Edgeworth and Harriet Martineau)*dialogues (eg by Jane Marcet and Thomas de Quincey)*'imaginative' writing (eg from Ruskin and Francis Edgeworth)*Keynes' General Theory which is locked within a nineteenth century 't

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-179) and index.

Language note

English

Contents

Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Economics as literature: an introduction to literary economics'; 2 Child's play: Maria Edgeworth and economics education; 3 Jane Marcet's Conversations on Political Economy: a new interpretation; 4 Harriet Martineau or when political economy was popular'; 5 Thomas de Quincey reads David Ricardo; 6 John Ruskin or the political economy of soul'; 7 The problem of Edgeworth's style; 8 Style, persuasion and The General Theory; Index

ISBN

• 1-134-79481-9
• 1-134-79482-7
• 1-280-46313-9
• 9786610463138
• 0-203-02545-8

OCLC

• 437073697
• 51051631

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203025451

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