{"product_id":"of-bondage-9780812245165","title":"Of Bondage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on dramatic literature's contribution to the developing narrative of possessed persons, Of Bondage deepens our understanding of creditor-debtor relations in the period and sheds new light on the conceptual conditions for the institutions of indentured servitude and African slavery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Bailey] offers a compelling account of the role of debt in the early modern imaginary. . . . [Her] literary exegesis . . . raises important historical questions.\" * \u003ci\u003eSixteenth Century Journal\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Absorbing and beautifully written. Amanda Bailey thinks about debt as a bodily event at the center of political and moral issues raised by contract law, including the question of self-ownership.\" * Jonathan Gil Harris, George Washington University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Bound Bodies and the Theater of Debt\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. \u003ci\u003eTimon of Athens\u003c\/i\u003e, Forms of Payback, and the Genre of Debt\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Shylock and the Slaves: Owing and Owning in \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. \u003ci\u003eMichaelmas Term\u003c\/i\u003e and the Problem of Satisfaction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Freedom, Bondage, and Redemption in \u003ci\u003eThe Custom of the Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Prison Prose, the Pit, and the End of Tricks\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: The Debtor and the Slave\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405721903447,"sku":"9780812245165","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812245165.jpg?v=1730493390","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/of-bondage-9780812245165","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}