Associate Professor of English Rodney Herring’s article “'Money is not a Pledge': Early Financial Genres, the Battle of the Banks, and John Law's Money and Trade Considered” appeared in the most recent issue of The Eighteenth Century. Co-authored with Mark Longaker, the essay uses rhetorical analysis to examine the development of two generic features—abstraction and the plain style—that would come to characterize modern economic writing and how those features responded to financial exigencies in London at the beginning of the eighteenth century.
Plaza Building Is Closed
The Plaza Building will be closed through at least Dec. 6 because of a water line break and expected repairs. The Health Center, located in the building, will only offer Telehealth until further notice. Please check the Auraria Campus website for updates.