Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Sparing the rod and hating the son : early plays, 1513-1588
  • The sacred wholsome lore: Aristotle and prodigality
  • London prodigals : spending in the city
  • Fathers of destruction : the villainous usurer
  • Wasted goods, wasted flesh : the prodigal's harlots and mother bawds
  • Coda.