Title: Misogynous economies
First published: 1999
Description: "The eighteenth century saw the birth of the concept of literature as business: literature critiqued and promoted capitalism, and books themselves became highly marketable canonical objects. During this period, misogynous representations of women often served to advance capitalist desires and to redirect feelings of antagonism toward the emerging capitalist order."--BOOK JACKET.

"Misogynous Economies proposes that oppression of women may not have been the primary goal of these misogynistic depictions. Using psychoanalytic concepts developed by Julia Kristeva, Mandell argues that passionate feelings about the alienating socioeconomic changes brought on by capitalism were displaced onto representations that inspired hatred of women and disgust with the female body. Such displacements also played a role in canon formation.

The accepted literary canon resulted not simply from choices made by eighteenth-century critics but also, as Mandell argues, from editorial and production practices designed to stimulate readers' desires to identify with male poets."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: English literature, History and criticism, History, Economics in literature, Capitalism and literature, Ethics in literature, Misogyny in literature, Women authors, Women and literature, Capitalists and financiers in literature, Rape in literature, Women in literature, Great britain, history, 18th century, Industries, great britain, history, Great britain, commerce, English literature, history and criticism, 18th century, Publishers and publishing, great britain, Economics
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: 18th century
LC classification: PR448.M57 M36 1999