Shakespeare's Imaginary Constitution : Late Elizabethan Politics and the Theatre of Law.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (272 pages)
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.