Theatre, finance, and society in early modern England

Description:

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Economics in literature,  English drama,  Finance,  Finance in literature,  History,  History and criticism,  Literature and society,  Sources,  Theater, great britain, history,  Great britain, economic conditions, 16th century,  Théâtre anglais,  Histoire et critique,  Économie politique dans la littérature,  Littérature et société,  Histoire,  Finances,  Finances publiques dans la littérature,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Early modern and Elizabethan,  Drama,  Gesellschaft,  Renaissance,  Theater,  Toneel,  Engels,  Financiën,  Maatschappij,  Littérature anglaise,  Dans la littérature

Places: England

Times: 16th century,  17th century,  Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600