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Author
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Date published
2008
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Publisher
Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
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Subject
English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism
Literature and society England
Drama Economic aspects England
Theater Economic aspects England
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Accession number
83446559
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Class
81/FOR
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ISBN
9780812240962 (hbk.), 0812240960 (hbk.)
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Language
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Physical description
279 p. ; 23 cm.
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Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references and index. Formatted contents note: Contents: Stasis and insularity in The merchant of Venice and Twelfth night -- The voyage out: Pericles -- Poverty, surplus value, and theatrical investment in The winter's tale. Uk-SuSCL. Summary, etc: Forman argues that the development of 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 in early modern England.