Theatre, Finance and Society in Early Modern England
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Part of Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
- Author: Theodore B. Leinwand, University of Maryland, College Park
- Date Published: December 2006
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521034661
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This interesting study examines emotional responses to socio-economic pressures in early modern England, as they are revealed in plays, historical narratives and biographical accounts of the period. 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 Raleigh, the royal agent Thomas Gresham, theatre entrepreneur James Burbage, and the Lord Treasurer Lionel Cranfield. Leinwand's new readings of these texts reveal a blend of affect and cognition concerning finance that includes nostalgia, anger, contempt, embarrassment, tenacity, bravado and humility.
Read more- Brings together theatre studies and economic history with the study of emotional and cognitive responses in literary texts and historical records
- Discusses a broad range of texts including plays by Shakespeare, Jonson, Massinger, Middleton and Heywood
- Surveys a variety of economic situations across the social range, including credit, debt, mortgaging and capital risk ventures
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- Date Published: December 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521034661
- length: 216 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 151 x 11 mm
- weight: 0.328kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: affective economies
1. Credit crunch
2. Debt restructuring
3. Mortgage payments
4. Venture capital
Afterword
Notes
Index.
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