Literature incorporated : the cultural unconscious of the business corporation, 1650-1850

Literature incorporated : the cultural unconscious of the business corporation, 1650-1850 / John O'Brien.

Author/creator	O'Brien, John, 1962- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Description	v, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Corporations in literature. Businesspeople in literature. Business literature--Great Britain. Corporations--Great Britain --History. English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700 --History and criticism. English literature--18th century --History and criticism. English literature--19th century --History and criticism.

Contents	Introduction: the corporation as metaphor -- John Locke, desire, and the incorporation of money -- Wonderful event: the South Sea bubble and the crisis of property -- Insurance and the problem of sentimental representation -- "Bodies of men": abolitionist writing and the question of interest -- Held in reserve: banks, serial crises, and the ekphrastic turn -- Coda: the entrepreneur as corporate hero.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2015017769
ISBN	9780226291123 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN	022629112X (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN	(ebook)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR149 .C667 O37 2016	✔ Available	Place Hold