{"product_id":"metaphors-of-economic-exploitation-in-literature-1885-1914","title":"Metaphors of Economic Exploitation in Literature, 1885-1914","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMetaphors of Economic Exploitation in Literature, 1885–1914\u003c\/em\u003e explores the complex network of metaphors that emerged around late nineteenth-century conceptions of economic self-interest – metaphors that dramatised the predatory, conflictual, and exploitative basis of relations between nations, institutions, sexes, and people in a \u003cem\u003efin-de-siècle\u003c\/em\u003e economy that was perceived by many as outwardly belligerent. More specifically, this book is about the vampire, cannibal, and related genera of economic metaphor that penetrate the major discourses of the period in ways that have yet to be understood. In chapters that examine socialist fiction and newspapers; the imperial quest romance; the decadent and supernatural tales of Henry James and Vernon Lee; and the Catholic novels of Lucas Malet, Ford assesses the breadth and variety of these metaphors, and considers how they filter the long-standing philosophical ideas about self-interest and the conflictual ‘economic man’. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars of \u003cem\u003efin-de-siècle\u003c\/em\u003e literature and culture as well as those with an interest in the relationship between literature, economics, and anti-capitalist movements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45588459684078,"sku":"9781032800080","price":218.4,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/metaphors-of-economic-exploitation-in-literature-1885-1914","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}