Selfish gifts
Subtitle: the politics of exchange and English courtly literature, 1580-1628
By: Alison V. Scott.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Madison [N.J.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; Gifts in literature.; Gifts -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.; Gifts -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.; Gifts -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.; Courts and courtiers in literature.; Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 17th century.; Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nonreciprocation and female rule : The Elizabethan context; title: "[A] mutual render, only me for thee" : "True" gifts in Shakespeare's sonnets; title: Competitive gifts and strategic exchange at the Jacobean court; title: Gifts for the Somerset wedding; title: "Fortune's darling, king's content" :; title: The Duke of Buckingham as gift problem.