The Representation of Business in English Literature

In The Representation of Business in English Literature, five scholars of different periods of English literature produce original essays on how business and businesspeople have been portrayed by novelists, starting in the eighteenth century and continuing to the end of the twentieth century. The contributors to Representation help readers understand the partiality of the various writers and, in so doing, explore the issue of what determines public opinion about business. Arthur Pollard (1922–2001) was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Hull in Hull, East Yorkshire, England. John Blundell is General Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs, London. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes. Front Matter......Page 1 Title Page......Page 3 Contents, p. v......Page 5 Note on the Liberty Fund Edition, p. vii......Page 7 Foreword (John Blundell), p. ix......Page 9 The Authors, p. xvii......Page 17 Introduction (Arthur Pollard), p. 1......Page 19 Eighteenth-Century Attitudes Towards Business (W. A. Speck), p. 8......Page 26 Early Nineteenth Century: Birmingham—“Something Direful in the Sound” (Geoffrey Carnall), p. 35......Page 53 The High Victorian Period (1850–1900): “The Worship of Mammon” (Angus Easson), p. 66......Page 84 The Early Twentieth Century: Uniformity, Drudgery and Economics (Allan Simmons), p. 100......Page 118 Mid-Late Twentieth Century: “An Unprecedented Moral Quagmire” (John Morris), p. 138......Page 156 Index of Fictional Characters, p. 187......Page 205 Subject Index, p. 193......Page 211 In The Representation of Business in English Literature, five scholars of different periods of English literature produce original essays on how business and businesspeople have been portrayed by novelists, starting in the eighteenth century and continuing to the end of the twentieth century. The contributors to Representation help readers understand the partiality of the various writers and, in so doing, explore the issue of what determines public opinion about business. -- Publisher description