Η ΧΡΗΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ ΣΤΗ ΝΕΟΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΕΖΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ. ΜΕΡΙΚΕΣ ΠΡΩΤΕΣ ΑΞΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΕΙΣ

Abstract

Understanding monetary phenomena does not only require a pure economical research but an examination of money through it's various social, ideological and political aspects. Literature may provide a framework for a fruitful investigation of these aspects of past and present life. This article tries to find monetary traces in the 19th and early 20th century Greek literature. The circulation of foreign and domestic metallic currencies, as it emerge from the texts of various writers of the time (Palaiologos, Calligas, Vikelas, Carcavitsas, Theotokis, Papadiamantis, Mirivilis, etc.), the role of Turkish currencies, the social evaluation of the drachma, the apparition of token currencies and the penetration of paper money in daily transactions, are few of the issues that this investigation involves.