1st Edition

The Business of the Novel Economics, Aesthetics and the Case of Middlemarch

By Simon R Frost Copyright 2012
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

This study shows how aesthetics and economics have been combined in a great work of literature. Frost examines the history of Middlemarch’s composition and publication within the context of Victorian demand, then goes on to consider the interpretation, reception and consumption of the book.

Introduction; Chapter 1 Coordination of Economic and Aesthetic Practices; Chapter 2 Coordination of Economic and Aesthetic Discourses; Chapter 3 End-Users and Readers; Chapter 4 Shoppers; Chapter 5 Contextual Wants; Chapter 6 A Commodity Reading of Middlemarch; Chapter 7 Good for the Audience; Chapter 8 Rival Books and Products; conclusion Conclusion;

Biography

Simon R Frost