The body economic life, death, and sensation in political economy and the Victorian novel - Gallagher, Catherine; ebrary, Inc. (Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2006)
The Romantics and the political economists -- Bioeconomics and somaeconomics : life and sensation in classical political economy -- Hard times and the somaeconomics of the early Victorians -- The bioeconomics of Our mutual friend -- Daniel Deronda and the too much of literature -- Malthusian anthropology and the aesthetics of sacrifice in Scenes of clerical life.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Knowledge -- Economics; Eliot, George, -- 1819-1880 -- Knowledge -- Economics; English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Economics in literature; Economics -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Senses and sensation in literature; Human body in literature; Death in literature; Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 19th century; Electronic books