Contents: 1. Problems of definition : the meaning of Spenser's "wastfull luxuree" -- 2. Cleopatra's spoils : proto-liberal dimensions of early modern luxury -- 3. Sin city : satirizing luxury in early modern London -- 4. Riotous luxury : comical satire and the staging of a new order of things -- 5. Bad markets : remoralized luxury in mercantile literature -- 6. Particularizing abundance : un-economic luxury in Roman political tragedy

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Contents: 1. Problems of definition : the meaning of Spenser's "wastfull luxuree" -- 2. Cleopatra's spoils : proto-liberal dimensions of early modern luxury -- 3. Sin city : satirizing luxury in early modern London -- 4. Riotous luxury : comical satire and the staging of a new order of things -- 5. Bad markets : remoralized luxury in mercantile literature -- 6. Particularizing abundance : un-economic luxury in Roman political tragedy

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