Shakespeare and Money

Graham Holderness is the author of numerous books on literary criticism, theory, and scholarship, as well as fiction, poetry, and drama. His most recent works include The Faith of William Shakespeare (Lion Books, 2016), Tales from Shakespeare: Creative Collisions (Cambridge University Press, 2014), Re-writing Jesus: Christ in 20th Century Fiction and Film (Bloomsbury, November 2014), and the historical fantasy novel Black and Deep Desires: William Shakespeare Vampire Hunter (Top Hat Books, 2015).

• IntroductionGraham HoldernessChapter 1. Shakespeare and DerivativesDavid HawkesChapter 2. Shakespeare, Reciprocity, and ExchangeJohn DrakakisChapter 3. Offshore Desires: Mobility, Liquidity, and History in Shakespeare's MediterraneanRui Carvalho HomemChapter 4. Pity Silenced: Economics of Mercy in The Merchant of VeniceAlessandra MarzolaChapter 5. 'Love Merchandized': Money in Shakespeare's SonnetsManfred PfisterChapter 6. Timon of Athens in the DownturnJames TinkChapter 7. 'Fill thy purse with money': Financing Performance in Shakespearean EnglandTiffany SternChapter 8. Biography and Shakespeare's Money: Portraits of an Economic PersonaPaola PugliattiChapter 9. Shakespeare and the Hybrid EconomySujata IyengarAfterthought: 'Best for Winter'Graham Holderness