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Victorian Literature and Finance
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Hunt, Aeron |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | At the end of nearly every year from 1998 to 2006, a period encompassing the swelling and bursting of one speculative bubble and the inflation of another, the New York Times awarded its Augustus Melmotte Memorial Prizes for particularly memorable 'financial flubs and feats' from the preceding twelve months. The 'feats' tend toward the jaw-dropping. The brazen shenanigans of the corporate and individual cast of characters that has now come to be part of our more familiar narrative of financial malfeasance (Enron, AIG, Fannie Mae) are joined by other less renowned but still amazing examples: the fish-oil-and-meat-casing company that set out to remake itself as an Internet powerhouse, doubling its stock price for at least a while; the company whose initial public offering prospectus announced that with its history of losses and anticipated increased expenses it might never turn a profit – and whose... |
| Related Links | https://academic.oup.com/jvc/article-pdf/16/2/283/22326631/jvcult0283.pdf |
| Ending Page | 286 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| Starting Page | 283 |
| ISSN | 13555502 |
| e-ISSN | 17500133 |
| DOI | 10.1080/13555502.2011.589687 |
| Journal | Journal of Victorian Culture |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 16 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2011-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Literary Studies |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | History Cultural Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts Literature and Literary Theory |
