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Theatre, finance, and society in early modern England

Title: Theatre, finance, and society in early modern England / Theodore B. Leinwand.
Author: Leinwand, Theodore B.
Publication: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Description

xii, 199 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"This study examines emotional responses to socio-economic pressures as they are revealed in early modern English plays, historical narratives and biographical accounts. These texts yield fascinating insights into the various, often unpredictable, ways in which people coped with the exigencies of credit, debt, mortgaging and capital ventures. Plays discussed include Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Timon of Athens, Jonson's The Alchemist and Massinger's A New Way to Pay Old Debts. They are paired with writings by and about the finances of the corrupt Earl of Suffolk, the privateer Walter Ralegh, the royal agent Thomas Gresham, theatre entrepreneur James Burbage, and the Lord Treasurer Lionel Cranfield."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 31

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 31.

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Sources.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: affective economies -- 1. Credit crunch -- 2. Debt restructuring -- 3. Mortgate payments -- 4. Venture capital.

ISBN

0521640318
9780521640312
9786610161911
6610161917

LCCN

99211606

OCLC

ocm40716508
40716508
SCSB-14508528

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library