Impeaching the Justice of the State: Comedy and the Credit Economy in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
This article considers The Merchant of Venice in the context of the early modern credit economy, a space in which shared trust and values mediated transactions. Shakespeare’s play depicts a version of this economy while revealing its limits. Because religious differences and mutual animosity prevent...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
2022
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2022, Volume: 53, Issue: 4, Pages: 943-965 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles NCE Business ethics XA Law |
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Economics
B Tragedy (Drama) B International Trade B Merchant of Venice, The (Play : Shakespeare) B Venice (Italy) B Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |