Literature and Moral Economy in the Early Modern Atlantic

Grounded in the literary history of early modern England, this study explores the intersection of cultural attitudes and material practices that inform the acquisition, circulation, and consumption of resources at the turn of the seventeenth century. Considering a rich array of texts - including drama, poetry, and prose, among other genres.

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Hillary Eklund is Assistant Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans, where she teaches courses on Shakespeare, Renaissance Literature, and the early modern Atlantic.

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Part 1 Movement: Liquid agencies in Thomas Heywood's The Fair Maid of the West. Privation and policy in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI and Coriolanus. Part 2 Improvement: Tempering temperance in Book II of The Faerie Queene. 'Expedient manage must be made': kingship and husbandry in Richard II. Part III Government: 'So great was our famine': managing plenty in Virginia. Epilogue: satis sufficit.