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Representing the professions : administration, law, and theater in early modern England / Edward Gieskes.

Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-358 ) and index. Formatted contents note: "To sound the depths of what thou wilt profess" : the professions in early modern England -- "I mean to learn" : status and service in the history plays -- "This! why it outfrowns ink!" : social conflict and the legal profession -- "The art of revels hath a settled place in the city" : the revels, civic drama, and the theater professions -- "Honesty and vulgar praise" : the poet's war and the literary field -- Conclusions : professions, literary history, and the function of criticism.