Bradley D. Ryner is an Assistant Professor of English at Arizona State University. His work has appeared in English Studies, Early Modern Literary Studies, and in various edited collections.

Innovative and ambitious, Ryner’s book demonstrates how early modern theatre staged economic thought. He brings economic and theatrical modes brilliantly into play with one another, and illuminates the relationships among cultural discourses, literary form, and the theatrical dimensions of the plays. This is an exciting book indeed.

• Introduction: Performing Economic Thought; Chapter 1. Tables and Metaphors: Mountfort’s The Launching of the Mary; Chapter 2. Overflowing Props: Massinger’s The Emperor of the East; Chapter 3. Characterising Economics: Middleton and Rowley’s The Changeling; Chapter 4. The Panoramic Stage: Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and Cymbeline; Chapter 5. Stage-Managing Interpretation: Jonson’s The Staple of News; Chapter 6. Generic Self-Reflexivity: Brome’s A Jovial Crew; Chapter 7. The Performativity of Economic Models: Heywood’s If You Know Not Me, You Know Nobody, Part II and Massinger’s The Picture.

Bradley D. Ryner is an Assistant Professor of English at Arizona State University. His work has appeared in English Studies, Early Modern Literary Studies, and in various edited collections.

Innovative and ambitious, Ryner’s book demonstrates how early modern theatre staged economic thought. He brings economic and theatrical modes brilliantly into play with one another, and illuminates the relationships among cultural discourses, literary form, and the theatrical dimensions of the plays. This is an exciting book indeed.

• Introduction: Performing Economic Thought; Chapter 1. Tables and Metaphors: Mountfort’s The Launching of the Mary; Chapter 2. Overflowing Props: Massinger’s The Emperor of the East; Chapter 3. Characterising Economics: Middleton and Rowley’s The Changeling; Chapter 4. The Panoramic Stage: Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and Cymbeline; Chapter 5. Stage-Managing Interpretation: Jonson’s The Staple of News; Chapter 6. Generic Self-Reflexivity: Brome’s A Jovial Crew; Chapter 7. The Performativity of Economic Models: Heywood’s If You Know Not Me, You Know Nobody, Part II and Massinger’s The Picture.

Bradley D. Ryner is an Assistant Professor of English at Arizona State University. His work has appeared in English Studies, Early Modern Literary Studies, and in various edited collections.

Innovative and ambitious, Ryner’s book demonstrates how early modern theatre staged economic thought. He brings economic and theatrical modes brilliantly into play with one another, and illuminates the relationships among cultural discourses, literary form, and the theatrical dimensions of the plays. This is an exciting book indeed.

• Introduction: Performing Economic Thought; Chapter 1. Tables and Metaphors: Mountfort’s The Launching of the Mary; Chapter 2. Overflowing Props: Massinger’s The Emperor of the East; Chapter 3. Characterising Economics: Middleton and Rowley’s The Changeling; Chapter 4. The Panoramic Stage: Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and Cymbeline; Chapter 5. Stage-Managing Interpretation: Jonson’s The Staple of News; Chapter 6. Generic Self-Reflexivity: Brome’s A Jovial Crew; Chapter 7. The Performativity of Economic Models: Heywood’s If You Know Not Me, You Know Nobody, Part II and Massinger’s The Picture.