Natasha Korda is Associate Professor of English and women's studies at Wesleyan University.

"This is a truly excellent book on Shakespeare's treatment of domestic economies, that is, his attention to the domain of household management increasingly seen as the women's sphere in late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England."-Jean Howard, author of The Stage and Social Struggle in Early Modern England "This exceptional study makes an important and most welcome contribution."-Ben Jonson Journal "Korda draws on the best aspects of a variety of recent critical approaches while charting new territory of her own."-Choice

• Note on Spelling and Dates Prologue Chapter 1. Labors Lost Chapter 2. Dame Usury Chapter 3. Froes and Rebatos Chapter 4. Cries and Oysterwives Chapter 5. False Wares Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Natasha Korda is Associate Professor of English and women's studies at Wesleyan University.

"This is a truly excellent book on Shakespeare's treatment of domestic economies, that is, his attention to the domain of household management increasingly seen as the women's sphere in late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England."-Jean Howard, author of The Stage and Social Struggle in Early Modern England "This exceptional study makes an important and most welcome contribution."-Ben Jonson Journal "Korda draws on the best aspects of a variety of recent critical approaches while charting new territory of her own."-Choice

• Note on Spelling and Dates Prologue Chapter 1. Labors Lost Chapter 2. Dame Usury Chapter 3. Froes and Rebatos Chapter 4. Cries and Oysterwives Chapter 5. False Wares Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Natasha Korda is Associate Professor of English and women's studies at Wesleyan University.

"This is a truly excellent book on Shakespeare's treatment of domestic economies, that is, his attention to the domain of household management increasingly seen as the women's sphere in late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England."-Jean Howard, author of The Stage and Social Struggle in Early Modern England "This exceptional study makes an important and most welcome contribution."-Ben Jonson Journal "Korda draws on the best aspects of a variety of recent critical approaches while charting new territory of her own."-Choice

• Note on Spelling and Dates Prologue Chapter 1. Labors Lost Chapter 2. Dame Usury Chapter 3. Froes and Rebatos Chapter 4. Cries and Oysterwives Chapter 5. False Wares Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments