Literature and Capital

Reviews / Votes

An impassioned critique of financial capitalism and its relationship to the institution of literature ... [The] breadth in literary selection no doubt reveals Docherty's mastery over this canonical corpus ... Literature and Capital is written in a clear, accessible language. * Marx & Philosophy Review of Books * A radical reappraisal of the ways in which literary study challenges and is challenged by the ascent of money. This is a work of panoptic precision, in which intellectual passion is matched by sound scholarly scruple. * Declan Kiberd, Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA * Literature and Capital is a wonderful wide-ranging and erudite study. At once tolerant and angry, and written with great perception and persuasion, it details with a powerful intelligence the relationships between literature, land, education, enquiry and the various cultural organisations of capital. Thomas Docherty is a critical provocateur for our times and this book is the kind of urgent and committed scholarship that the present requires. * Stuart Murray, Professor of Contemporary Literatures and Film, University of Leeds, UK * An impassioned and cogent analysis of the entwining of literature and capital that continually impresses on account of its historical depth and critical vigilance. Above all, a compelling argument for why a radical study of literature is needed to engage with the multiple challenges of our times. * Michael Rossington, Professor of Romantic Literature, Newcastle University, UK * This is a very important book in the backdrop of our contemporary thinking around literature, marketplace, survival, funds and capital. Through a deeply meshed intervention involving human, cultural, institutional and financial capital, Docherty has pulled off a stunning achievement where credit and literary creditilization and credibility have come into a formidable play. * Ranjan Ghosh, University of North Bengal, India *