The Dialectics of Late Capital and Power

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"The Dialectics of Late Capital and Power: James, Balzac and Critical Theory successfully presents new ways of discussing late-nineteenth and twentieth century conceptions of power and wealth as 'un-power', 'non-power', un-capital', and 'non-capital' in a way that these terms are germane in a twenty-first century context. Eric S. Roraback has shed new light on theories and texts that experts typically question as to why they are still important in the postmodern world. Roraback's answer to this question is that the parallel between wealth and power is one that must be dismantled in order to achieve non-violence."-Gerardo Del Guercio, GRAAT online, 2015"This book makes fascinating and long-overdue connections between Balzac's and Henry James's literary treatment of money - money both as an economic fact and as a metaphor and symbol. Dr Roraback's astute analysis is pioneering, and should be read by all experts on these two authors as well as by anyone who has an interest in the post-1800 novel".--Alison Finch, Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, author of Women's Writing in Nineteenth-Century French (Cambridge Studies in French) (Cambridge University Press) "very sensitively and well written [...] a most interesting project"--Stephen A. Erickson, Professor of Philosophy and the E. Wilson Lyon Chair of Humanities, Pomona College, author of The (Coming) Age of Thresholding (Kluwer Academic Publishers) "an important new vision of Henry James [...] Roraback's compelling use of contemporary theory pitches his book to a wide reading audience [...] an important work of literary scholarship, which will contribute significantly to a number of intellectual fields"--Henry B. Wonham, Professor of English, University of Oregon, co-editor Tales of Henry James (Norton Publishing Company)