{"product_id":"praise-and-paradox-merchants-and-craftsmen-in-elizabethan-popular-literature-paperback-9780521522076","title":"Praise and Paradox; Merchants and Craftsmen in Elizabethan Popular Literature (Paperback) 9780521522076","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePraise and Paradox\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMerchants and Craftsmen in Elizabethan Popular Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA searching critique of the popular Elizabethan literature that praised merchants, industrialists and craftsmen.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaura Caroline Stevenson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521522076, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 August 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 14.1 x 1.9 cm, 0.382 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePraise and Paradox explores the relationship of language, literary structure, and social ideology in the popular Elizabethan literature that praised merchants, industrialists and craftsmen. Part I defines a canon of 296 popular vernacular works, relates the increasing popularity of tales about tradesmen to the development of the English economy and the expansion of the Elizabethan audience, and discusses the social origins of the popular authors. Part II is concerned with the change of the merchant's literary image from that of a greedy usurer to that of a 'businessman in armour' who defended his monarch on the battlefield and entertained princes at lavish banquets. Part III discusses the change in the literary image of the craftsman, who ceased to be a clown or a rebel and became a 'gentle craftsman' who fought bravely on the battlefield when necessary but was happier in his humble shop, where he sang, danced, and courted pretty girls.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Prefactory note\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: praise and paradox\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Elizabethan Popular Literature: 1. Elizabethan popular literature and its economic context\u003cbr\u003e 2. The popular Elizabethan authors\u003cbr\u003e 3. The popular Elizabethan audience\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Business in Armour: 4. Principal citizens and chief yeomen\u003cbr\u003e 5. The merchant as usurer: a stock image in decline\u003cbr\u003e 6. The merchant as knight, courtier and prince\u003cbr\u003e 7. Lessons in diligence and thrift\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Gentle Craftsman: 8. Clown and rebel: the craftsman as one of 'the fourth sort of people'\u003cbr\u003e 9. The gentle craftsman in Arcadia\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913240305944,"sku":"9780521522076","price":33.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521522076i_bb100bcb-b368-432d-986f-00c79f075821.jpg?v=1691383627","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/praise-and-paradox-merchants-and-craftsmen-in-elizabethan-popular-literature-paperback-9780521522076","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}