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Tragicomic Redemptions : Global Economics and the Early Modern English Stage.
Title:
Tragicomic Redemptions : Global Economics and the Early Modern English Stage.
Author:
Forman, Valerie.
ISBN:
9780812201925
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction. The Economics of Redemption: Theories of "Investment" and Early Modern English Tragicomedy -- Part I. Tragicomedy and Generic Expansion -- 1. Stasis and Insularity in The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night -- 2. The Voyage Out: Pericles -- 3. Poverty, Surplus Value, and Theatrical Investment in The Winter's Tale -- Part II. Eastern Engagements -- 4. Captivity and "Free" Trade: Fletcher's The Island Princess and English Commerce in the East Indies in the Early 1600s -- 5. 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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