1st Edition
Tradefull Merchants The Portrayal of the Capitalist in Literature
By John McVeagh
Copyright 1981
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Tradefull Merchants (1981) surveys the range of English literature from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries and explores the successive new lights in which the commercial character has been depicted in poetry, drama and fiction, and thus in society at large. As capitalism began to develop into the dominant organisation of social life during and after the sixteenth century in England,... Read more
1. The Origins of the Capitalist Portrayal 1500–1650 2. Commerce Approved 1650–1700 3. The Merchant as Hero 1700–1750 4. Disillusionment 1750–1790 5. The Response to Industrialism 1790–1830 6. From Industrialism to Big Business 1830–1900 7. Waste Land to Welfare State 1900–1980
Biography
John McVeigh
