Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law Vindictive Justice
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.
Keywords
Literary CriticismModernPoetryPerforming ArtsTheaterHistory & CriticismEuropeanLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeHistory
2016Book
Author(s)Derek Dunne
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137572868
LanguageEnglish
