Screen LibraryTragicomic redemptions : global economics and the early modern english stage /
Valerie Forman contends that three seemingly unrelated domains new economic theories and practices; the discourses of Christian redemption; and the rise of tragicomedy as the stage's most popular genre were together crucial to the formulation of a new and paradoxical way of thinking about loss...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2008] ©2008 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Valerie Forman contends that three seemingly unrelated domains new economic theories and practices; the discourses of Christian redemption; and the rise of tragicomedy as the stage's most popular genre were together crucial to the formulation of a new and paradoxical way of thinking about loss and profit in relationship to one another. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780812201925 |
| Index Number: | PR658 |
| CLC: | I561.073 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. The Economics of Redemption -- Chapter One. Stasis and Insularity in The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night -- Chapter Two. The Voyage Out: Pericles -- Chapter Three. Poverty, Surplus Value, and Theatrical Investment in The Winters Tale -- Chapter Four. Captivity and "Free" Trade -- Chapter Five. Balance, Circulation, and Equity in the "Prosperous Voyage" of The Renegado -- Epilogue. Webster's The Devil's Law-Case, the Limits of Tragicomic Redemption, and Tragicomedy's Afterlife -- Epilogue Webster's The Devil's Law-Case, the Limits of Tragicomic Redemption, and Tragicomedy's Afterlife -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |