Abstract

Acknowledgements Notes on Transcriptions, References and Abbreviations Introduction: The Signs of Friendship Part I: Mental Husbandry 1. The Housewife and the Humanists 2. Economies of Friendships The Textuality of Amicitia Part II: Anxieties of Textual Access 3. From Errant Knight to Prudent Captain: Masculinity and 'Romantic' Fiction 4. Usurers' Daughter and Prodigal Sons: The Gendered Plot of Authorship in the 1570s Part III: The Theatre of Clandestine Marriage 5. Household Stuff: Terence in the Reformation 6. Why do Shakespeare's Women Have 'Characters'? Error, Credit and Sex in The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew Conclusion: Shylock: Why This Usurer Has a Daughter Notes Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index

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