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Shakespeare's Imaginary Constitution : Late Elizabethan Politics and the Theatre of Law.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (272 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781847316066
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shakespeare's Imaginary ConstitutionDDC classification:
  • 822.33
LOC classification:
  • PR3028 -- .R34 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Prelims -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Summary Contents -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 'Terras Astraea reliquit': Titus Andronicus and the Flight of Justice -- 2 The Comedy of Errors and the Meaning of Contract -- 3 Reflections on the Art of Kingship: Richard II and the Subject of Law -- 4 The Poetic Imagination, Antique Fables and the Dream of Law -- 5 The Ancient Constitution, Common Law and the Idyll of Albion: Law and Lawyers in Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 -- 6 The Congregation of the Mighty: the Juridical State and the Measure of Justice -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Through an examination of six plays, this book presents an innovative analysis of political developments in the last decade of Elizabethan rule.
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Prelims -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Summary Contents -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 'Terras Astraea reliquit': Titus Andronicus and the Flight of Justice -- 2 The Comedy of Errors and the Meaning of Contract -- 3 Reflections on the Art of Kingship: Richard II and the Subject of Law -- 4 The Poetic Imagination, Antique Fables and the Dream of Law -- 5 The Ancient Constitution, Common Law and the Idyll of Albion: Law and Lawyers in Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 -- 6 The Congregation of the Mighty: the Juridical State and the Measure of Justice -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Through an examination of six plays, this book presents an innovative analysis of political developments in the last decade of Elizabethan rule.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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