Writing and the Rise of Finance: Capital Satires of the Early Eighteenth Century

by Colin E. Nicholson

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The early eighteenth century saw a far-reaching financial revolution in England. In this original study, Colin Nicholson reads familiar texts such as Gulliver's Travels, The Beggar's Opera and The Dunciad as capital satires, responding to the social and political effects of the installation of capitalist financial institutions in London. While they invested in stocks and shares, Swift, Pope and Gay conducted a campaign against the civic effects of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521604486

ISBN13:9780521604482

Release Date:August 2004

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.79 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Business Business & Finance Business & Investing Economic History Economics English Literature Humor Humor & Entertainment Humor & Satire Literary Criticism

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