The usurer's daughter
Subtitle: male friendship and fictions of women in sixteenth-century England
By: Lorna Hutson.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Women.; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Male friendship -- England -- History -- 16th century.; English literature -- Classical influences.; Masculinity in literature.; Friendship in literature.; Sex role in literature.; Humanists -- England.; Men in literature.; England -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.
Description: "Original scholarship and critical sophistication combine in this book to reveal links between the complex legal and economic workings of sixteenth-century culture and the representation of women in the literature of this period." "The book focuses on the importance of the humanist redefinition of male friendship in terms of textuality. Covering a wide range of classical and continental as well as English texts, The Usurer's Daughter reveals the crucial centrality of women's representation to the project of sixteenth-century humanism."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-288) and index.
"First published 1994 by Routledge ... London"--T.p. verso.