Title Theatre, finance, and society in early modern England / Theodore B. Leinwand

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Description xii, 199 pages ; 24 cm Series Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 31 Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 31 Contents Introduction: affective economies -- 1. Credit crunch -- 2. Debt restructuring -- 3. Mortgate payments -- 4. Venture capital 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 Analysis English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Finance in literature Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Economics in literature. English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism. English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism. Finance in literature. Finance -- England -- History -- 16th century -- Sources Finance -- England -- History -- 16th century -- Sources Finance -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Sources Finance -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Sources Literature and society -- England -- History -- 16th century. Literature and society -- England -- History -- 17th century. LC no. 99211606 ISBN 0521640318

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