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Communal justice in Shakespeare's England : drama, law, and emotion / Penelope Geng.

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"The sixteenth century was a turning point for both law and drama. Relentless professionalization of the common law set off a cascade of lawyerly self-fashioning - resulting in blunt attacks on lay judgment. English playwrights, including Shakespeare, resisted the forces of legal professionaliz...

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Main Author: Geng, Penelope (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
Law in literature.
Lawyers in literature.
Law enforcement in literature.
Justice in literature.
Justice, Administration of, in literature.
Law > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
Law.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Note on Texts
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: A Double Obligation
  • Chapter One From Assise to the Assize at Home
  • Chapter Two Judicature in Crisis: Henry IV, Part 2
  • Chapter Tree Neighbourliness and the Coroner's Inquest in English Domestic Tragedies
  • Chapter Four Repairing Community: Empathetic Witnessing in King Lear
  • Chapter Five Communal Shaming and the Limitations of Legal Forms: Henry VI, Part 2 and Macbeth
  • Postscript
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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