The 'Invisible Hand' and British Fiction, 1818-1860
Adam Smith, Political Economy, and the Genre of Realism
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Theory
| Author: | E. Courtemanche | ISBN: | 9780230304987 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | April 12, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | E. Courtemanche |
| ISBN: | 9780230304987 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | April 12, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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', 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.
