Literature and Capital

by Thomas Docherty

Book Overview

What is the value of literature?

In this important new work, Thomas Docherty charts a new economic history of literary culture and its institutions in the modern age. From the literary patronage of the early modern period, through the colonial exploitation of the 18th and 19th centuries to the institutionalisation of "literature" in the neoliberal university of the 21st century, Literature and Capital explores the changing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350064637
• ISBN13: 9781350064638
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"