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Sick Economies: Drama, Mercantilism, and Disease in Shakespeare's England teases out the double helix of the pathological and the economic in two seemingly disparate spheres of early modern textual production: drama and mercantilist writing.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2004] ©2004 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812202199 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812202199.jpg |
| Summary: |
Sick Economies: Drama, Mercantilism, and Disease in Shakespeare's England teases out the double helix of the pathological and the economic in two seemingly disparate spheres of early modern textual production: drama and mercantilist writing. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9780812202199 |
| Index Number: | PR658 |
| CLC: | I561.073 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 The Asian Flu; Or, The Pathological Drama of National Economy -- 2 Syphilis and Trade: Thomas Starkey, Thomas Smith, The Comedy of Errors -- 3 Taint and Usury: Gerard Malynes, The Dutch Church Libel, The Merchant of Venice -- 4 Canker/Serpego and Value: Gerard Malynes, Troilus and Cressida -- 5 Plague and Transmigration: Timothy Bright, Thomas Milles, Volpone -- 6 Hepatitis/Castration and Treasure: Edward Misselden, Gerard Malynes, The Fair Maid of the West, The Renegado -- 7 Consumption and Consumption: Thomas Mun, The Roaring Girl -- 8 Afterword: Anthrax, Cyberworms, and the New Ethereal Economy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |