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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778870703321

Autore

Leinwand Theodore B.

Titolo

Theatre, finance, and society in early modern England / / Theodore B. Leinwand [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-107-11600-7

0-521-03466-3

1-280-16191-4

0-511-11719-1

0-511-14969-7

0-511-30980-5

0-511-48367-8

0-511-05135-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 199 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; ; 31

Disciplina

820.9/355

Soggetti

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

Economics in literature

Literature and society - England - History - 16th century

Literature and society - England - History - 17th century

English drama - 17th century - History and criticism

Finance - England - History - 16th century

Finance - England - History - 17th century

Finance in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.