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.

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

Inhalt
Introduction: Debt and Deconstruction 'How is the World Changed': The Emergence of Usury The Aristotelian and Biblical The Theological Critique 'Strange Metamorphosis': The Death of Hospitality Of Misers and Hogs 'Tramplers of Time': Alchemists, Goldsmiths, and Sodomites Afterword