''A unique study of the relationship between literature and matters economic from Ancient Greece to our own times.''--The Independent.''Shell demonstrates that the economic thought of any historical period works in its literature far more problematically--and more profoundly--than a traditional description of economic influence can suggest.''--Poetics Today.Marc Shell explores how both money and language give ''worth'' by providing a medium of exchange; how the development of money led to a revolution in philosophical thought and language; and how words transform mere commodities into symbols at once aesthetic and practical. ''Stimulating and valuable.''--Comparative Literature.Softshell Books.
