Paperwork : fiction and mass mediacy in the Paper Age /
McLaughlin, Kevin,1959-
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-176) and index.
Frequently cited texts. -- Introduction: Apparitions of paper. -- Distraction in America: paper, money, Poe. -- Off the map: Stevenson's Polynesian fiction. -- Transatlantic connections: "Paper language" in Melville. -- The paper state: collective breakdown in Dickens's Bleak house. -- Pretending to read: Hardy's The mayor of Casterbridge. -- Afterword: The novel collective.
English fiction
Capitalism and literature
Literature publishing
Mass media
American fiction
Economics and literature
Paper money
Economics in literature.
Money in literature.