Sick economies
Subtitle: drama, mercantilism, and disease in Shakespeare's England
By: Jonathan Gil Harris.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Economics; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Medicine; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism; Economics in literature; Literature and medicine -- England -- History -- 16th century; Literature and medicine -- England -- History -- 17th century; Mercantile system -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century; Mercantile system -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism; Economics in literature; Diseases in literature; Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 16th century; England -- Economic conditions -- 17th century
Description: The author integrates feminism, materialist criticism, and legal history to offer a look at how women's management of household goods became an important site of female struggle and resistance to England's patrilinear property regime.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-252) and index.