Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law: Vindictive Justice

Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law: Vindictive Justice
ISBN-10
1137572876
ISBN-13
9781137572875
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
229
Language
English
Published
2016-04-12
Publisher
Springer
Author
Derek Dunne

Description

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.

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