Code
3E016816
Duration
01 October 2016 → 30 September 2019
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Humanities
- Language studies
- Literary studies
Keywords
sociology of literary texts
cultural studies
literature in context
Project description
This project studies the relation between early-nineteenth-century British periodicals and the credit economy. It argues that literary reviews fostered cultural acceptance of new economic mechanisms springing from the financial crisis caused by the Anglo-French War (1793-1802). The project proposes that the quarterlies were crucial in normalising the concept of virtual value and established cultural confidence in the emerging credit economy.