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Author

Landreth, David, 1973-

Title The face of mammon : the matter of money in English Renaissance literature / David Landreth.

Imprint

New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	820.93553 L238f 2012	---	Available

Description	xii, 348 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction. Mammon in the Tudor common wealth -- At home with mammon: matter, money, and memory in The faerie queene and The jew of Malta -- Monetary policy in King John and Measure for measure -- Dismembering the ducat in The merchant of Venice -- Wit without money in Donne and Nashe.
Subject	English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
	Money in literature.
	Coinage in literature.
	Wealth in literature.
	Material culture in literature.
	Money -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
	Money -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
ISBN	9780199773299 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0199773297 (hardcover : alk. paper)