Title: Market pledge and gender bargain
First published: 1996
Description: Although commercial activity is frequent in the Farce, little work has been done on the economic elements of this bourgeois genre. This study uses a knowledge of medieval and renaissance money and monetary systems for a clearer understanding of these plays, and investigates the thematic importance of economic exchange for both the mercantile and the conjugal farces.

The cultural significance of the ritual words, gestures, and gifts frequently used in the scene of exchange has long been overlooked, hindering interpretation of plays dealing with mercantile trickery and amorous bargaining.
Subjects: History and criticism, French drama, Civilization, Medieval, in literature, Commerce in literature, Renaissance, French farces, French farces, history and criticism, French drama, history and criticism, Renaissance, france
Places: France
Time periods: To 1500, 16th century
LC classification: PQ584 .C65 1996