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Author Mukherji, Subha.

Title Law and representation in early modern drama / Subha Mukherji
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 291 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 'Of rings, and things, and fine array': marriage law, evidence and uncertainty -- 'Unmanly indignities': Adultery, evidence and judgement in Heywood's A woman killed with kindness -- Evidence and representation on 'the theatre of God's judgements': A warning for fair women -- 'Painted devils': image-making and evidence in The white devil -- Locations of law: spaces, people, play -- 'When women go to law, the Devil is full of Business': women, law and dramatic realism
Summary A study of law and early modern English literature
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Law in literature.
English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English drama
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
Law in literature
Toneelstukken.
Processen (rechtspraak)
Retorica.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780511349966
0511349963
0511349106
9780511349102
9780511483813
0511483813
9780521850353
0521850355
1281086037
9781281086037