Creating Realities : : Business as a Motif in American Fiction, 1865-1929 / / Erhan Simsek.
Business is woven into the very fabric of American life, yet rarely surfaces in the nation's literary history. Even in novels about business, it proves an elusive motif that fails to mirror actual business organizations.This book argues that literary representations of business remain ineffable...
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