Sick economies : drama, mercantilism, and disease in Shakespeare's England / Jonathan Gil Harris.

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2004], ©2004.

263 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-252) and index.

1. The Asian flu; or, the pathological drama of national economy -- 2. Syphilis and trade: Thomas Starkey, Thomas Smith, The comedy of errors -- 3. Taint and usury: Gerard Malynes, the Dutch church libel, The merchant of Venice -- 4. Canker/Serpego and value: Gerard Malynes, Troilus and Cressida -- 5. Plague and transmigration: Timothy Bright, Thomas Milles, Volpone -- 6. Hepatitis/castration and treasure: Edward Misselden, Gerard Malynes, The fair maid of the west, the Renegado -- 7. Consumption and consumption: Thomas Mun, the roaring girl -- 8. Afterword: anthrax, cyberworms, and the new ethereal economy.