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Globalizing fortune on the early modern stage

Title
Globalizing fortune on the early modern stage / Jane Hwang Degenhardt.
Author
Degenhardt, Jane Hwang
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.

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Description
1 online resource.
Subject
  • 1500-1600
  • English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
  • Fortune in literature
  • Economics in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Contents
  • Cover -- Titlepage -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction: Fortune's Early Modern Turn: From PaganGoddess to Proto-Capitalist Economics -- 1 The Rise and Fall of Fortune: Imperial World History and England's Commercial Turn in Doctor Faustus (c.1588/89) and Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (c.1589/90) -- Imperial Ambition and the ̀̀Form of Fortune'' in Marlowe's Doctor Faustus -- The Forging of English Empire in Greene's Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
  • 2 Fortunate Returns: Venturing, Performance, and the Hidden Hand of Providence in The Merchant of Venice (c.1596) and The Four Prentices of London (c.1594) -- Sleights of Hand: Simulations of Adventure and Risk in The Merchant of Venice -- Theatrical Contrivance and Miraculous Reunion in The Four Prentices of London -- 3 Navigating Fortune's Global Compass: Economies of Value and Affective Labor in Old Fortunatus (c.1600) and The Fair Maid of the West, Part 1 (c.1600) -- The Moral and Economic Regulation of Fortune in Old Fortunatus
  • Gold Digger or Golden Girl?: Negotiating Value and Worth in Fair Maid -- 4 Embracing the Unknown: Fortune at Sea and Theatrical Risk in Hamlet (1600) and Pericles (c.1608) -- Signs Taken for Divinity: Hamlet's Voyage and the Sea of Dramatic Potentiality -- Riding out the Storm in Pericles: Patience, Pleasure, and Profit -- Afterword: The Darker Side of Fortune: Taking Stock ofFortune's Ethical and Racial Costs -- Bibliography -- Index
ISBN
  • 9780192638168
  • 0192638165
  • 9780192638175
  • 0192638173
  • 9780191904554
  • 0191904554
OCLC
om2145029543
Author
Degenhardt, Jane Hwang, author.
Title
Globalizing fortune on the early modern stage / Jane Hwang Degenhardt.
Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Chronological Term
1500-1600
Added Author
EBSCOhost
Other Form:
Print version: 0198867921 9780198867920
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