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The Business of the Novel : Economics, Aesthetics and the Case of Middlemarch.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Literary Texts and the Popular Marketplace SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (252 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317322306
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Business of the NovelDDC classification:
  • 823.8
LOC classification:
  • PR4692.E25.F76 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- List of Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Coordination of Economic and Aesthetic Practices -- 2 Coordination of Economic and Aesthetic Discourses -- 3 End-Users and Readers -- 4 Shoppers -- 5 Contextual Wants -- 6 A Commodity Reading of Middlemarch -- 7 Good for the Audience -- 8 Rival Books and Products -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- List of Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Coordination of Economic and Aesthetic Practices -- 2 Coordination of Economic and Aesthetic Discourses -- 3 End-Users and Readers -- 4 Shoppers -- 5 Contextual Wants -- 6 A Commodity Reading of Middlemarch -- 7 Good for the Audience -- 8 Rival Books and Products -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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