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In the early eighteenth century, the increasing dependence of society on financial credit provoked widespread anxiety. The texts of credit - stock certificates, IOUs, bills of exchange - were denominated as potential 'fictions', while the potential fictionality of other texts was measured in terms of the 'credit' they deserved. Sandra Sherman argues that in this environment finance is like fiction, employing the same tropes. She goes on to show how the work of Daniel Defoe epitomised the market's capacity to unsettle discourse, demanding and evading 'honesty' at the same time. Defoe's

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Plný název: Finance and Fictionality in the Early Eighteenth Century
• Podnázev: Accounting for Defoe
• Autor: Sandra Sherman
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 236
• EAN: 9780521481540
• ISBN: 0521481546
• ID: 02032614
• Nakladatelství: Cambridge University Press
• Hmotnost: 470 g
• Rozměry: 229 × 152 × 17 mm
• Datum vydání: 04. April 1996

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