Credit Culture - The Politics of Money in the American Novel of the 1970s

The book re-reads the postmodern novel, presenting the ending of the gold standard as a moment of continuity rather than radical change.

List of contents

Introduction; Money in the disciplines; postmodern times: E.L Doctorow's Ragtime; 1. No place like home: the cultures of American credit; 2. Don Delillo and American credit; 3. William Gaddis and corporate credit; 4. When women counted: feminism, fiction and the money economy; 5. Toni Morrison and the promise to pay; 6. Dorothy's endless return: sacrifice and gender in the novels of Thomas Pynchon.

About the author

Nicky Marsh is a Professor of English at the University of Southampton. She is also the co-editor of Show me the Money (2014)

Product details

• Authors: Nicky Marsh, Nicky (University of Southampton) Marsh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781108836470
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83647-0
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, Amerika, English, Economics, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, c 1970 to c 1979, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Credit and credit institutions