Finance Fictions : Realism and Psychosis in a Time of Economic Crisis.
De Boever, Arne.
Finance Fictions : Realism and Psychosis in a Time of Economic Crisis. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (267 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Revisiting The Bonfire of the Vanities -- 2. Psychotic Realism in (American) Psycho -- 3. Financial Realism in The Fear Index -- 4. The Financial Universe (After Meillassoux) -- 5. Michel Houellebecq, Finance Novelist -- 6. Financing the Novel: Ben Lerner's 10:04 -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Finance Fictions examines the tension between psychosis and realism in the contemporary finance novel and shows that compared to earlier instances of the genre (Wolfe; Ellis), the 21st-century finance novel (Alger; Harris; Houellebecq; Lerner) develops a new realist approach to a contemporary economy of financial instruments and automated trading.
9780823279197
Money in literature.
Finance in literature.
Financial crises in literature.
American fiction-20th century-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
813.0093553
Finance Fictions : Realism and Psychosis in a Time of Economic Crisis. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (267 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Revisiting The Bonfire of the Vanities -- 2. Psychotic Realism in (American) Psycho -- 3. Financial Realism in The Fear Index -- 4. The Financial Universe (After Meillassoux) -- 5. Michel Houellebecq, Finance Novelist -- 6. Financing the Novel: Ben Lerner's 10:04 -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Finance Fictions examines the tension between psychosis and realism in the contemporary finance novel and shows that compared to earlier instances of the genre (Wolfe; Ellis), the 21st-century finance novel (Alger; Harris; Houellebecq; Lerner) develops a new realist approach to a contemporary economy of financial instruments and automated trading.
9780823279197
Money in literature.
Finance in literature.
Financial crises in literature.
American fiction-20th century-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
813.0093553