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The late sixteenth-century penal debt bond, which allowed an unsatisfied creditor to seize the body of his debtor, set in motion a series of precedents that would shape the legal, philosophical, and moral issue of property-in-person in England and America for centuries. Focusing on this historical juncture at which debt litigation was not merely an aspect of society but seemed to engulf it completely, Of Bondage examines a culture that understood money and the body of the borrower as comparable forms of property that impinged on one another at the moment of default. Amanda Bailey shows that the early modern theater, itself dependent on debt bonds, was well positioned to stage the complex ethical issues raised by a system of forfeiture that registered as a bodily event. While plays about debt like The Merchant of Venice and The Custom of the Country did not use the language of political philosophy, they were artistically and financially invested in exploring freedom as a function of possession. By revealing dramatic literature's heretofore unacknowledged contribution to the developing narrative of possessed persons, Amanda Bailey not only deepens our understanding of creditor-debtor relations in the period but also sheds new light on the conceptual conditions for the institutions of indentured servitude and African slavery. Of Bondage is vital not only for students and scholars of English literature but also for those interested in British and colonial legal history, the history of human rights, and the sociology of economics.
Debt in literature. --- Economics and literature --- Debt --- Property --- English drama --- Literature --- Literature and economics --- Indebtedness --- Finance --- Economics --- Possession (Law) --- Things (Law) --- Wealth --- History. --- History and criticism. --- Economic aspects --- Law and legislation --- Primitive property --- Cultural Studies. --- Literature. --- Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
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English for International Tourism is a multi-level course for students who need English for professional communication in the hotel and tourism industries. Illustrated with material from Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness Travel Guide series and authentic material from companies within the tourist industry this, the intermediate level book, presents effective communication strategies for workplace situations such as giving advice, taking bookings and dealing with complaints. Language awareness is developed through an integrated syllabus that focusses on key grammar, skills, vocabulary and pronunciation.
Engels --- Go international. --- International office. --- Toerisme.
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In the early modern period, the theatrical stage offered one of the most popular forms of entertainment and aesthetic pleasure. It also fulfilled an important cultural function by displaying modes of behaviour and dramatizing social interaction within a community. Flaunting argues that the theatre in late sixteenth-century England created the conditions for a subculture of style whose members came to distinguish themselves by their sartorial extravagance and social impudence. Drawing on evidence from legal documents, economic treatises, domestic manuals, accounts of playhouse practices, and stage plays, Amanda Bailey critiques standard accounts maintaining that those who flaunted their apparel were simply aspirants, or gaudy versions of the superiors they sought to emulate. Instead, she suggests that what mattered most was not what these young men wore but how they wore their clothes. These young men shared a distinctive sartorial sensibility and used that sensibility to undermine authority at all levels of society. Flaunting therefore, examines male style as a visual form of subversion against the norms of Renaissance England with the stage as the primary source of inspiration for collective identification. A glimpse into both the celebration of and opposition to social irreverence in the early modern period, Flaunting is a fascinating historical account of drama, fashion, and rebellion with surprisingly close parallels to the contemporary world.
Young men --- Clothing and dress --- Costume --- Theater and society --- European drama --- Jeunes hommes --- Vêtements --- Théâtre et sociét --- Théâtre européen --- Clothing --- History --- History and criticism. --- Histoire --- Histoire et critique. --- England --- England.
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The first book to put contemporary affect theory into conversation with early modern studies, this volume demonstrates how questions of affect illuminate issues of cognition, political agency, historiography, and scientific thought in early modern literature and culture. Engaging various historical and theoretical perspectives, the essays in this volume bring affect to bear on early modern representations of bodies, passions, and social relations by exploring: the role of embodiment in political subjectivity and action; the interactions of human and non-human bodies within ecological systems; and the social and physiological dynamics of theatrical experience. Examining the complexly embodied experiences of leisure, sympathy, staged violence, courtiership, envy, suicide, and many other topics, the contributors open up new ways of understanding how Renaissance writers thought about the capacities, pleasures, and vulnerabilities of the human body. .
Literature. --- Culture --- Literature --- Literature, Modern. --- British literature. --- Early Modern/Renaissance Literature. --- British and Irish Literature. --- Literary Theory. --- Cultural Theory. --- Literary History. --- Study and teaching. --- Philosophy. --- History and criticism. --- Affect (Psychology) --- Affect (Psychology) in literature. --- Emotions --- Psychology --- Literature-Philosophy. --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Literature-History and criticism. --- Modern literature --- Arts, Modern --- Literature—Philosophy. --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Literature—History and criticism.
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History of civilization --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699 --- London
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The first book to put contemporary affect theory into conversation with early modern studies, this volume demonstrates how questions of affect illuminate issues of cognition, political agency, historiography, and scientific thought in early modern literature and culture. Engaging various historical and theoretical perspectives, the essays in this volume bring affect to bear on early modern representations of bodies, passions, and social relations by exploring: the role of embodiment in political subjectivity and action; the interactions of human and non-human bodies within ecological systems; and the social and physiological dynamics of theatrical experience. Examining the complexly embodied experiences of leisure, sympathy, staged violence, courtiership, envy, suicide, and many other topics, the contributors open up new ways of understanding how Renaissance writers thought about the capacities, pleasures, and vulnerabilities of the human body. .
Philosophy --- Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Sociology of culture --- Linguistics --- English literature --- Literature --- History --- geletterdheid --- cultuur --- filosofie --- literatuur --- culturele antropologie --- literatuurgeschiedenis --- Renaissance --- Engelse literatuur --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Great Britain --- Ireland
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