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Performing economic thought : English drama and mercantile writing 1600-1642 / Bradley Ryner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ryner, Bradley.
- Series:
- Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture EUP
- Edinburgh critical studies in Renaissance culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama--17th century--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- Mercantile system in literature.
- Economics in literature.
- Commerce in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study examines the structural similarities between English mercantile treatises and drama c1600-1642. Bradley D. Ryner analyses the representational conventions of plays and mercantile treatises written between the chartering of the English East India Company in 1600 and the closing of the public playhouses at the outset of the English Civil War in 1642. He shows that playwrights' manipulation of specific elements of theatrical representation - such as metaphor, props, dramatic character, stage space, audience interaction, and genre - exacerbated the tension between the aspects of the wor
- Contents:
- Title Page; Imprint; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction: Performing Economic Thought; 1 Tables and Metaphors: Walter Mountfort's The Launching of the Mary; 2 Overflowing Props: Philip Massinger's The Emperor of the East; 3 Characterising Economics: Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's The Changeling; 4 The Panoramic Stage: William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Cymbeline; 5 Stage-Managing Interpretation: Ben Jonson's The Staple of News; 6 Generic Self-Reflexivity: Richard Brome's A Jovial Crew
- 7 The Performativity of Economic Models: Thomas Heywood's If You Know Not Me, You Know Nobody, Part II and Philip Massinger's The PictureIndex
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 14, 2014).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-9711-X
- 0-7486-8466-2
- OCLC:
- 932343749
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