Playwrights and Plagiarists in Early Modern England: Gender, Authorship, Literary Property. By LAURA J. ROSENTHAL. Ithaca, NY, and London: Cornell University Press. 1996. x + 257 pp. 31.50 [pounds sterling].
Like many critics today, Laura J. Rosenthal pays close attention to theoretical and practical interfaces between literature and economics. Good use is made of Pierre Bourdieu's 'distinction between economic, social, and cultural capital' and Peter Stallybrass's and Allon White's ...