Stendhal as Economist. (American University Studies Series 16: Economics)

Argues that French novelist Stendhal (1783-1842) was a pioneer economist, part of the emerging interest in Adam Smith and the development of political economics in France in the early 1800's. Describes his informal economic education, and critiques his political treatises and the relationship between his economic perceptions and his novels. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.