Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law / Early Modern Literature in History (PDF)

Name: Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law / Early Modern Literature in History
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Autor: Derek Dunne

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Revenge tragedies are filled with trial scenes, miscarriages of justice and untrustworthy evidence, yet this is the first study to explore how the revenge plays of Kyd, Shakespeare and others critically engage with their legal system. Featuring groups of citizens taking the law into their own hands, revenge tragedies stage a participatory justice of their own, which problematises the progress of English common law during this crucial phase of English legal history.

By connecting English revenge tragedies to major crises within the legal system - including the erosion of trial by jury (Titus Andronicus), food riots in the 1590s (Antonio's Revenge), and debates over royal prerogative (The Revenger's Tragedy) - a persistent legal critique is revealed to be at work. The book also offers a major new reading of Hamlet that argues against the play's engagement with law, in contrast to the radical socio-legal commentary identified in other revenge plays. Revenge tragedy can thus be understood as an index of early modern citizens' fractious relationship with their law.

Autoren-Porträt von Derek Dunne

Derek Dunne has taught at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Shakespeare's Globe, London, and Queen's University, Belfast. He has published on the mathematics of revenge, trial by jury in the early modern period, and the representation of women on trial. Derek's research interests span Shakespeare's contemporary dramatists, early modern Inns of Court culture, cony-catching pamphlets and counterfeiting.

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Autor: Derek Dunne
2016, 1st ed. 2016, 229 Seiten, Englisch
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-10: 1137572876
ISBN-13: 9781137572875
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.04.2016

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“This monograph offers a striking perspective on revenge tragedy by placing the genre within the combined field of law and literature. … The monograph is an invaluable resource for scholars of early modern theatre as well as legal and social historians.” (Jessica Apolloni, Early Theatre, Vol. 21 (1), 2018)

“The book’s narrow focus excludes plays relevant to questions about justice that would illuminate both Dunne’s general argument and the largely unquestioned definition of revenge tragedy that the book depends on. Dunne’s book opens up questions about the theater’s engagement with the law that extend well beyond the confines of revenge tragedy.” (Edward Gieskes, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70 (3), 2017)

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