The usurer's daughter

Description:

"Original scholarship and critical sophistication combine in this book to reveal links between the complex legal and economic workings of sixteenth-century culture and the representation of women in the literature of this period." "The book focuses on the importance of the humanist redefinition of male friendship in terms of textuality. Covering a wide range of classical and continental as well as English texts, The Usurer's Daughter reveals the crucial centrality of women's representation to the project of sixteenth-century humanism."--Jacket.

subjects: English literature,  History,  Masculinity in literature,  Male friendship,  Characters,  Friendship in literature,  Intellectual life,  History and criticism,  Sex role in literature,  Humanists,  Men in literature,  Classical influences,  Women and literature,  Women,  Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, characters,  English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700,  Scottish literature, history and criticism,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Early modern,  Women in literature,  Männerfreundschaft,  Frauenbild,  Mannen,  Vrouwen,  Beeldvorming,  Letterkunde

People: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Places: England

Times: 16th century,  Early modern, 1500-1700