Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-178) and index.
Introduction -- Economies of obligation in Eastward ho -- Utopias of paternalism : Timon of Athens and The new Atlantis -- The genre of self-interest in the poetry of Isabella Whitney and Aemilia Lanyer -- "My bloody creditor" : The merchant of Venice and the lexicon of credit -- Conclusion.
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Authors, English-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- Political and social views.
Credit-- Moral and ethical aspects.
Debtor and creditor.
Economics in literature.
English literature-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism.