Michaels, Walter Benn.

The gold standard and the logic of naturalism : American literature at the turn of the century / Walter Benn Michaels. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1987. - ix, 248 p. ; 22 cm. - The New historicism : studies in cultural poetics ; [2] . - New historicism ; 2. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0520059816


American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Naturalism in literature.
Production (Economic theory) in literature.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Capitalism and literature.
Economics in literature.
Historicism.