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The Law in Shakespeare: Early Modern Literature in History

Editat de C. Jordan, K. Cunningham
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 dec 2006
Leading scholars in the field analyze Shakespeare's plays to show how their dramatic content shapes issues debated in conflicts arising from the creation and application of law. Individual essays focus on such topics such as slander, revenge, and royal prerogative; these studies reveal the problems confronting early modern English men and women.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780230247727
ISBN-10: 0230247725
Pagini: 286
Ilustrații: X, 286 p.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:2007
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Early Modern Literature in History

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors English Law in Shakespeare's Plays; C.Jordan & K.Cunningham Drama, Law and Rhetoric in the Age of Coke and Shakespeare; A.D.Boyer The Wilde Side of Justice in Early Modern England and Titus Andronicus ; D.Callaghan & C.R.Kyle Landholding, Leasing and Inheritance in Richard II; W.O.Scott Cast out of Eden: Property and Inheritance in Shakespearean Drama; N.E.Wright & A.R.Buck Avoiding the Issue of Fraud: 4 and 5 Philip & Mary c. 8 (the heiress protection statute), Portia and Desdemona; C.Ross Accomplished with What She Lacks: Law, Equity and Portia's Con; T.C.Bilello Drama and Marine Insurance in Shakespeare's London; L.Wilson Noises Off: Participatory Justice in 2 Henry VI ; L.Hutson Truth, lies and the law of slander in Much Ado About Nothing ; C.S.Clegg The 'Amending Hand': Hales v. Petit, Eyston v. Studd and Equitable Action in Hamlet ; C.Sale Macbeth : Absolutism, the Ancient Constitution, and the Aporia of Politics; P.C.Herman Arms and Laws in Shakespeare's Coriolanus ; R.Lemon Measure for Measure and the Law of Nature; E.Hanson Index

Recenzii

'Jordan and Cunningham's edition...addresses an impressive range of legal connections including slander, equity, inheritance, maritime law, rhetoric, land law, sovereignty, absolutism and the law of nature.' - Literature Compass
'...the collection impressively demonstrates that jurisprudential knowledge of early modern culture enriches and transforms our understanding of Shakespeare's plays' - College Literature
'The contributors of these 14 essays are law professionals and scholars...[who] discuss a variety of legal concepts suggested by Shakespeare's plays...All in all, this is a welcome addition to Shakespeare studies - Choice

Notă biografică

THOMAS C. BILELLO Attorney with Pacific Life Insurance Company in Newport Beach, California, USAALLEN D. BOYER Lawyer, New York City, USAA.R. BUCK, Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Arts and Law, Macquarie University, AustraliaDYMPNA CALLAGHAN Dean's Professor in the Humanities, Syracuse University, USACYNDIA SUSAN CLEGG Distinguished Professor of English, Pepperdine University, USAELIZABETH HANSON Professor of English, Queen's University, CanadaPETER C. HERMAN Professor of English and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University, USALORNA HUTSON Berry Professor of English Literature, University of St Andrews, ScotlandCHRIS R. KYLE Associate Professor of Humanities, History Department, Syracuse University, USAREBECCA LEMON Assistant Professor of English, University of Southern California, USACHARLES ROSS Professor of English and Chair of the Program of Comparative Literature, Purdue University, USACAROLYN SALE Assistant Professor of English Literature, University of Alberta, CanadaWILLIAM O. SCOTT Professor of English, University of Kansas, USALUKE WILSON Professor of English, Ohio State University, USANANCY E. WRIGHT Deputy Dean of the College of Arts at the University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.