The Economy of Literature

by Marc Shell and Professor Marc Shell

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Why did coinage, tyranny, and philosophy develop in the same time and place? Marc Shell explores how both money and language give worth by providing a medium of exchange, how the development of money led to a revolution in philosophical thought and language, and how words transform mere commodities into symbols at once aesthetic and practical. Offering carefully documented interpretations of texts from Heraclitus, Herodotus, Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801846943

ISBN13:9780801846946

Release Date:September 1993

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.64 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Biological Sciences Biology Business & Investing Criticism & Theory Economics Education & Reference History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Movements & Periods Reference Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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