Alison V. Scott. Selfish Gifts: The Politics of Exchange and English Courtly Literature 1580-1628.(Book review)

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Alison V. Scott. Selfish Gifts: The Politics of Exchange and English Courtly Literature, 1580-1628. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2006. $55.00. Review by THOMAS P. ANDERSON, MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY.

Alison Scott's informative study of the paradoxical nature of gift exchange and the quest for patronage in early modern England emphasizes the complex economy involving emerging market forces, established conventions of court culture, and a universal understanding of gift giving as an integral component of a civil society. The extended ...

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