Money and the age of Shakespeare : essays in new economic criticism / edited by Linda Woodbridge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Woodbridge, Linda, 1945-

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Early modern cultural studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge and learning--Economics--Congresses.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Economics.

Economics in literature--Congresses.

Economics in literature.

Economic conditions.

Great Britain--Economic conditions--16th century--Congresses.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 281 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

Literary scholars, theorists, and historians deploy New Economic techniques to illuminate English Renaissance literature in fresh ways. Contributors variously explore poetry's precarious perch between gift and commodity; the longing for family in "The Comedy of Errors" as symbolically expressing the alienating pressures of mercantilism; "Measure for Measure's" representation of singlewomen and the feminization of poverty; the collision between two views of money in a possible collaboration between Shakespeare and Middleton; the cultural spread of an accounting mentality and quantitative thinking; and money as it crosses the frontier between price and pricelessness, from early bodily-injury insurance schemes to "The Merchant of Venice."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

140396307X

OCLC:

52197626