| Description |
1 online resource (x, 382 pages) |
| Contents |
List of Figures; Introduction; 1. From Penitence to Evidence: Drama and the Legal Reformation; 2. Rethinking Foucault: The Juridical Epistemology of English Renaissance Drama; 3. Judicial Narrative and Dramatic Mimesis; 4. From Intrigue to Detection: Transformations of Classical Comedy, 1566-1594; 5. Forensic Rhetoric on the Popular Stage: Shakespeare's Histories; 6. Forensic Rhetoric in Early Revenge Tragedy and Early Romantic Comedy: Kyd, Lyly, and Shakespeare; 7. Jonson's Justices and Shakespeare's Constables: Sexual Suspicion in the Evidential Plot; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C |
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DE; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y |
| Summary |
Lorna Hutson argues that changes in the English justice system in the 16th century towards greater participation (by JPS and jurors) had a decisive impact on English Renaissance drama. Her closely researched book sheds light on much of what we take for granted about character and plot in Shakespearean drama |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-376) and index |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. fast (OCoLC)fst00029048 |
| Subject |
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
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Mimesis in literature.
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Law in literature.
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan.
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Law in literature.
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Mimesis in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0199212430 |
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9780199212439 |
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