The Business of the Novel: Economics, Aesthetics and the Case of Middlemarch / Edition 1

by Simon R Frost

Overview

This study shows how aesthetics and economics have been combined in a great work of literature. Frost examines the history of Middlemarch’s composition and publication within the context of Victorian demand, then goes on to consider the interpretation, reception and consumption of the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848931947
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Series:	Literary Texts and the Popular Marketplace , #1
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Coordination of Economic and Aesthetic Practices; Chapter 2 Coordination of Economic and Aesthetic Discourses; Chapter 3 End-Users and Readers; Chapter 4 Shoppers; Chapter 5 Contextual Wants; Chapter 6 A Commodity Reading of Middlemarch; Chapter 7 Good for the Audience; Chapter 8 Rival Books and Products; conclusion Conclusion;