The Dialectics of Late Capital and Power: James, Balzac and Critical Theory. 1 July 2007. Cambridge Scholars Publishing (UK).
This tome conceptualizes the vanguard concepts of ‘un-power’ and of ‘un-money’ and illumines the relational configurations and dialectical connectedness between various types of capital and power (including, but not limited to, the complicity of the cultural form of the novel with social mechanisms of power) by engaging with selected narratives by Henry James and his grand literary model, Honoré de Balzac.
Dust jacket: a Georg Jensen designed silver bowl from 1912.
ISBN 1–84718–226–7, 220 x 150 (mm), xviii + 312 pp. 1 ill.
Hardback, UK: £34.99, US: $58.95.
Backcover reviews from:
1) Stephen A. Erickson, Professor of Philosophy and the E. Wilson Lyon Chair of Humanities, Pomona College
2) Alison Finch, see below
3) Henry B. Wonham, Professor of English, University of Oregon.
“This book makes fascinating and long-overdue connections between Balzac’s and Henry James’s literary treatment of money—money both as an economic fact and as a metaphor and symbol. Dr Roraback’s astute analysis is pioneering and should be read by all experts on these two authors as well as by anyone who has an interest in the post–1800 novel.”
—Alison Finch, Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge
A review:
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