Shakespeare, revenge tragedy and ear...
Dunne, Derek.

 

  • Shakespeare, revenge tragedy and early modern law[electronic resource] :vindictive justice /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 822.33
    書名/作者: Shakespeare, revenge tragedy and early modern law : vindictive justice // by Derek Dunne.
    作者: Dunne, Derek.
    出版者: London : : Palgrave Macmillan UK :, 2016.
    面頁冊數: ix, 229 p. : : digital ;; 23 cm.
    Contained By: Springer eBooks
    標題: English drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism.
    標題: Justice in literature.
    標題: Revenge in literature.
    標題: Law in literature.
    標題: Science.
    標題: Science, general.
    ISBN: 9781137572875
    ISBN: 9781349847815
    內容註: Introduction: Staging Justice -- 1. Vindictive Justice in Early Modern England -- 2. Correcting Justice with Vengeance in The Spanish Tragedy -- 3. Titus Andronicus: The Evidence of the Senses Under Threat -- 4. Antonio's Revenge, Riot, and Collective Action -- 5. Exceptional Hamlet and Resistance to Law -- 6. Piracy, Insurrection, and The Tragedy of Hoffman -- 7. The Revenger's Tragedy: Post-Participatory Justice -- Conclusion: Participation and Vindication on the Early Modern Stage -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
    摘要、提要註: 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.
    電子資源: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-57287-5
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