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The Culture of Usury in Renaissance England

The Culture of Usury in Renaissance England

by D. Hawkes
The Culture of Usury in Renaissance England

The Culture of Usury in Renaissance England

by D. Hawkes

Overview

This book examines the ways in which usury was perceived and portrayed as it rose to popularity in Renaissance England, taking into account the works of key literary figures of this period, including Milton and Shakespeare.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780230616264
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 06/21/2010
Edition description: 2010
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

DAVID HAWKES Professor of English at Arizona State University, USA.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Debt and Deconstruction 1

1 "Howe is the Worlde Chaunged": The Emergence of Usury 13

2 The Aristotelian and Biblical Critiques 47

3 The Theological Critique 67

4 "Strange Metamorphosis": The Death of Hospitality 95

5 Magic, Labor, and Allegory: Imagining the Usurer 115

6 "Tramplers of Time": Alchemists, Goldsmiths, and Sodomites 139

Afterword 167

Notes 169

Bibliography 187

Index 195

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