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Romanticism and the gold standard : money, literature, and economic debate in Britain, 1790-1830

Record Type:	Electronic resources : monographic
Title Information:	money, literature, and economic debate in Britain, 1790-1830
Author:	DickAlexander John, 1970-
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Palgrave Connect (Online service)
Place of Publication:	Basingstoke
Published:	Palgrave Macmillan;
Year of Publication:	2013
Description:	1 online resourceill. :
Series:	Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and the cultures of print
Subject:	Romanticism - History - Great Britain - 18th century. -
Subject:	Romanticism - History - Great Britain - 19th century. -
Subject:	Money in literature. -
Subject:	English literature - History and criticism - 18th century. -
Subject:	English literature - History and criticism - 19th century. -
Subject:	Gold standard - History. - Great Britain -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137292926An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
Summary:	In 1816, the British government did something no one had ever done before: it introduced the first official gold standard in history. Through a close analysis of the pamphlets, reviews, lectures, journalism, editorials, poems, and novels surrounding the gold standard, this book examines its significance to the culture and literature of Romantic-era Britain. The gold standard was not a material object or universal concept, but a self-reflexive discourse that raised fundamental questions about knowledge, value, and social life. While politicians and financial experts believed that gold was the key to the nation's economic confidence, writers such as Ricardo, Malthus, Coleridge, Shelley, Austen, and Scott transformed the debates on the standard into a new disposition reflecting the difficulties and ambivalence of modern commerce: embarrassment. In this comprehensive and authoritative study, the author demonstrates the importance of monetary controversies to the story of Romanticism and of literary analysis to our understanding of money.
ISBN:	9781137292926electronic bk.
ISBN:	113729292Xelectronic bk.
Content Note:	1. Realms of Gold 2. The Bullion Controversy 3. The Idea of Paper Money 4. Monetary Forgery and Romantic Poetics 5. Standard Novels Conclusion: A Romantic Economy.

Romanticism and the gold standard : money, literature, and economic debate in Britain, 1790-1830
Dick, Alexander John

Romanticism and the gold standard : money, literature, and economic debate in Britain, 1790-1830 / Alexander Dick. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. - 1 online resource ; ill.. - (Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and the cultures of print).
1. Realms of Gold.
Includes bibliographical references and index..
ISBN 9781137292926ISBN 113729292X
RomanticismRomanticismMoney in literature.English literatureEnglish literatureGold standard -- History -- History -- History and criticism -- History and criticism -- History. -- Great Britain -- Great Britain -- Great Britain -- 18th century. -- 19th century. -- 18th century. -- 19th century.

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