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Shakespeare and the economic imperative : what's aught but as 'tis valued?

Title
Shakespeare and the economic imperative : what's aught but as 'tis valued? / Peter F. Grav.
Author
Grav, Peter F.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2008.
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Description
vii, 207 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in major literary authors
Uniform Title
Studies in major literary authors (Unnumbered)
Subject
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Knowledge and learning
  • Economics
  • Money in literature
  • Value in literature
  • Capitalism in literature
  • Ethics in literature
  • Money > Social aspects
  • Interpersonal relations > Economic aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-199) and index.
Contents
Introduction: "The wind that bloweth all the world besides - desire for gold" -- Ch. 1. The Merchants of Ephesus and How Money Never Really Mattered -- Ch. 2. Shakespeare's England: The Merry Wives of Windsor's Bourgeois Cash Values -- Ch. 3. "My purse, my person": Conflating the Economic and the Personal in The Merchant of Venice -- Ch. 4. The Exchange Economy of Measure for Measure: "You will needs buy and sell men and women like beasts" -- Ch. 5. Reconciling the Two Timons: Shakespeare's Philanthropist and Middleton's Prodigal -- Conclusion: "What's aught but as 'tis valued?"
ISBN
  • 9780415963169 (hbk.)
  • 0415963168 (hbk.)
  • 9780203927915 (ebk)
  • 0203927915 (ebk)
LCCN
  • 2007044231
  • 40015411318
OCLC
  • 177070500
  • ocn177070500
  • SCSB-5407607
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries