Political Economy and Fiction in the Early Works of Harriet Martineau
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- ISBN 9783631354582
- Weight: 290g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 1999
- Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH
- Publication City/Country: DE
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book examines the early work of Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), writer, journalist and woman of letters. She became famous in the 1830s with her Illustrations of Political Economy, a series of 25 short novels popularizing the basic principles of Political Economy. Also discussed are her two shorter series of tales from that period, Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated and Illustrations of Taxation. With these works Martineau took part in an intense debate about the role of economic theory in English society. Drawing on such authorities as Adam Smith Martineau offered her readers the possibility of understanding the impact of the Industrial Revolution and its concomitant changes.
The Author: Claudia Orazem has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature, History of Art and Business and Management Studies from the University of Goettingen. She finished her doctorate degree in Modern English Literature at the University of Oxford in 1999 and is currently working for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation).
