Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Series Editor’s Preface viii
5. Introduction: Chastity and the Question of Value 1
6. 1. Chastity and the Ethics of Commercial Theatre in Measure for Measure, Pericles and The Revenger’s Tragedy 33
7. 2. Commercial Chastity and Aristocratic Value in Troilus and Cressida, The White Devil and The Changeling 87
8. 3. Chaste Selfhood: Ben Jonson’s Critique of Urban Chastity Tropes 127
9. 4. Chastity and Blackness: Racial Value and Commodity Potential in The Fair Maid of the West, Part I and Othello 168
10. 5. Mediterranean Markets, Commoditised Masculinity and the Whitening of Christian Chastity in The Merchant of Venice and The Renegado 205
11. 6. Chaste Treasure and National Identity in The Rape of Lucrece and Cymbeline 254
12. Coda: Approaching Capitalist Modernity 297
13. Index 301