Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law
Vindictive Justice
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Theatre, History & Criticism, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism
| Author: | Derek Dunne | ISBN: | 9781137572875 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | April 12, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Derek Dunne |
| ISBN: | 9781137572875 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | April 12, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
