Kitch (English, Bowdoin College) looks at the response of literature to changes in the ways that trade and the state were viewed in England from 1580 and 1630. Blending alterations in attitude
toward trade with Protestant thought and the growing tendency to see commerce as integral to state identity, Kitch demonstrates how the new slant on economics was popularized through the work
of Spenser, Nashe, Ben Jonson, Middleton and others. He also notes how new genres, like the city comedy and minor epic appeared in response to these trends. On the other hand, the lavish court
masque, intended to glorify the monarchy, fell out of favor. Kitch does an excellent job of integrating economic and religious innovations with the literature of the time. Annotation 穢2010 Book
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