Law and Representation in Early Modern Drama by Subha Mukherji (English) Paperba

Description: Law and Representation in Early Modern Drama by Subha Mukherji Through a set of interconnected studies of dramatic treatments of marriage law, evidence and courtroom practice, this book addresses the dialogue between law and drama in Renaissance England both from a structural and a social perspective. Plays discussed include Websters The White Devil and Heywoods A Woman Killed With Kindness. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This examination of the relation between law and drama in Renaissance England establishes the diversity of their dialogue, encompassing critique and complicity, comment and analogy, but argues that the way in which drama addresses legal problems and dilemmas is nevertheless distinctive. As the resemblance between law and theatre concerns their formal structures rather than their methods and aims, an interdisciplinary approach must be alive to distinctions as well as affinities. Alert to issues of representation without losing sight of a lived culture of litigation, this study primarily focuses on early modern implications of the connection between legal and dramatic evidence, but expands to address a wider range of issues which stretch the representational capacities of both courtroom and theatre. The book does not shy away from dramas composite vision of legal realities but engages with the fictionality itself as significant, and negotiates the methodological challenges it posits. Author Biography Subha Mukherji is a lecturer at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. Table of Contents List of illustrations; List of maps; Acknowledgements; Glossary; A note on the text; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Of rings, and things, and fine array: marriage law, evidence and uncertainty; 2. Unmanly indignities: adultery, evidence and judgement in Heywoods A Woman Killed with Kindness; 3. Evidence and representation on the theatre of Gods judgements: A Warning for Fair Women; 4. Painted devils: image-making and evidence in The White Devil; 5. Locations of law: spaces, people, play; 6. When women go to law, the Devil is full of Business: women, law and dramatic realism; Epilogue. The Hydra head, the labyrinth and the waxen nose: discursive metaphors for law; Appendix; Bibliography; Index. Review "the book rewards careful attention, frequently eliciting insights so striking that one wonders how they escaped notice until now." - John D. Schaeffer, Northern Illinois University, Renaissance Quarterly"this volume adds an important new perspective to Renaissance studies in its concentration on the nexus between law and literature, from a historical point of view." - Daniela Carpi, University of Verona Promotional A study of law and early modern English literature. Review Quote "this volume adds an important new perspective to Renaissance studies in its concentration on the nexus between law and literature, from a historical point of view." - Daniela Carpi, University of Verona Promotional "Headline" A study of law and early modern English literature. Description for Bookstore Through a set of interconnected studies of dramatic treatments of marriage law, evidence and courtroom practice, this book addresses the dialogue between law and drama in Renaissance England both from a structural and a social perspective. Plays discussed include Websters The White Devil and Heywoods A Woman Killed With Kindness. Description for Library Through a set of interconnected studies of dramatic treatments of marriage law, evidence and courtroom practice, this book addresses the dialogue between law and drama in Renaissance England both from a structural and a social perspective. Plays discussed include Websters The White Devil and Heywoods A Woman Killed With Kindness. Details ISBN0521117305 Author Subha Mukherji Short Title LAW & REPRESENTATION IN EARLY Pages 316 Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521117305 ISBN-13 9780521117302 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 792.094209024 Affiliation University of Cambridge UK Release Date 2009-07-30 AU Release Date 2009-07-30 NZ Release Date 2009-07-30 Illustrations 3 Maps; 4 Halftones, unspecified Year 2009 Publication Date 2009-07-30 Alternative 9780511483813 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:21728174;

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