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'Paul Crosthwaite engages deeply and thoughtfully with the fields of economics and economic history to produce a study that is genuinely interdisciplinary in scope. The book reconfigures economic concepts as formal strategies to great effect, generating highly original pairings and readings that are both insightful and persuasive. The book is superbly polished in its execution and a pleasure to read.' Janice Ho, University of Colorado 'The Market Logics of Contemporary Fiction offers an original and stimulating account of the intersections among imaginative writing, literary publishing, and high finance in the post-1970 period. Dealing with an array of prominent British and American novelists, and contributing substantially to debates in the new economic criticism, Paul Crosthwaite's book represents a major scholarly achievement. It should be read by anyone interested in the economic contexts and content of postmodern writing and should play a substantial role in reshaping the teaching of contemporary literature to new generations of students. I will recommend this book to my own students as a must-read account of the last few decades in fiction.' Adam Kelly, University of York 'Paul Crosthwaite engages deeply and thoughtfully with the fields of economics and economic history to produce a study that is genuinely interdisciplinary in scope. The book reconfigures economic concepts as formal strategies to great effect, generating highly original pairings and readings that are both insightful and persuasive. The book is superbly polished in its execution and a pleasure to read.' Janice Ho, University of Colorado 'The Market Logics of Contemporary Fiction offers an original and stimulating account of the intersections among imaginative writing, literary publishing, and high finance in the post-1970 period. Dealing with an array of prominent British and American novelists, and contributing substantially to debates in the new economic criticism, Paul Crosthwaite's book represents a major scholarly achievement. It should be read by anyone interested in the economic contexts and content of postmodern writing and should play a substantial role in reshaping the teaching of contemporary literature to new generations of students. I will recommend this book to my own students as a must-read account of the last few decades in fiction.' Adam Kelly, University of York

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Paul Crosthwaite is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh.

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