Heads or Tails: The Poetics of Money (Kritik: German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies)

by Jochen Horisch

Amy Horning Marschall (Translator)

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Examines the role of money in modern German literature. Using examples from Goethe, Gotthelf, Holderlin and others to demonstrate the intersecting worlds of literature and finance, the author argues that money, like literature, has no intrinsic value, but is at the same time a necessity.
  • ISBN10 0814327540
  • ISBN13 9780814327548
  • Publish Date 1 July 2000
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 20 January 2010
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Wayne State University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 408
  • Language English