Money and American Literature

Paul Crosthwaite (University of Edinburgh)

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Cambridge University Press
17 July 2025

Literary studies: general; Gender studies, gender groups; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Economic systems & structures

Series: Cambridge Themes in American Literature and Culture

Few topics are as central to the American literary imagination as money. American writers' preoccupations with money predate the foundation of the United States and persist to the present day. Writers have been among the sharpest critics and most enchanted observers of an American social world dominated by the 'cash nexus'; and they have reckoned with imaginative writing's own deep and ambivalent entanglements with the logics of inscription, circulation, and valuation that define the money economy itself. As a dominant measure of value, money has also profoundly shaped representations of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. American literature's engagements with money – and with directly related topics including debt, credit, finance, and the capitalist market – are among Americanists' most prominent concerns. This landmark volume synthesizes and builds upon the abundance of research in the field to provide the first comprehensive mapping of money's crucial role over five centuries of American literary history.

Edited by: Paul Crosthwaite (University of Edinburgh)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009350471
ISBN 10: 1009350471
Series: Cambridge Themes in American Literature and Culture
Pages: 418
Publication Date: 17 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Crosthwaite is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Edinburgh. His books include Speculative Time: American Literature in an Age of Crisis (2024), The Market Logics of Contemporary Fiction (2019), and, as co-author, Invested: How Three Centuries of Stock Market Advice Reshaped Our Money, Markets, and Minds (2022).

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