Tradefull Merchants (1981) surveys the range of English literature from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries and explores the successive new lights in which the commercial character has been depicted in poetry, drama and fiction, and thus in society at large. As capitalism began to develop into the dominant organisation of social life during and after the sixteenth century in England, literature reflected and commented on the profound change in society's attitudes to trade and trading men. Through this survey of literature's attitudes to capitalism the author highlights the close relationship between imaginative writing and the material and social life of the country.
| ISBN: | 9781041151777 |
| Publication date: | 21st November 2025 |
| Author: | John McVeagh |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 236 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions. Economics and Society |
| Genres: |
Comparative literature Social and cultural history |
Tradefull Merchants (1981) surveys the range of English literature from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries and explores the successive new lights in which the commercial character has been depicted in poetry, drama and fiction, and thus in society at large. As capitalism began to develop into the dominant organisation of social life during and after the sixteenth century in England, literature reflected and commented on the profound change in society's attitudes to trade and trading men.
Tradefull Merchants features in the following genres: Comparative literature, Social and cultural history
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Tradefull Merchants was written by John McVeagh and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Tradefull Merchants has 236 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Library Editions. Economics and Society series
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