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Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law: Vindictive Justice
Derek Dunne
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Description for Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law: Vindictive Justice
Hardback. This book, the first to trace revenge tragedy's evolving dialogue with early modern law, draws on changing laws of evidence, food riots, piracy, and debates over royal prerogative. By taking the genre's legal potential seriously, it opens up the radical critique embedded in the revenge tragedies of Kyd, Shakespeare, Marston, Chettle and Middleton. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; DSGS; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
This book, the first to trace revenge tragedy's evolving dialogue with early modern law, draws on changing laws of evidence, food riots, piracy, and debates over royal prerogative. By taking the genre's legal potential seriously, it opens up the radical critique embedded in the revenge tragedies of Kyd, Shakespeare, Marston, Chettle and Middleton.
This book, the first to trace revenge tragedy's evolving dialogue with early modern law, draws on changing laws of evidence, food riots, piracy, and debates over royal prerogative. By taking the genre's legal potential seriously, it opens up the radical critique embedded in the revenge tragedies of Kyd, Shakespeare, Marston, Chettle and Middleton.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Early Modern Literature in History
Condition
New
Weight
430g
Number of Pages
229
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137572868
SKU
V9781137572868
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Ref
99-15
About Derek Dunne
Derek Dunne has taught at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Shakespeare's Globe, London, and Queen's University, Belfast. He has published on the mathematics of revenge, trial by jury in the early modern period, and the representation of women on trial. Derek's research interests span Shakespeare's contemporary dramatists, early modern Inns of Court culture, cony-catching pamphlets and counterfeiting.
Reviews for Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law: Vindictive Justice
This monograph offers a striking perspective on revenge tragedy by placing the genre within the combined field of law and literature. ... The monograph is an invaluable resource for scholars of early modern theatre as well as legal and social historians. (Jessica Apolloni, Early Theatre, Vol. 21 (1), 2018) The book's narrow focus excludes plays ... Read more