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Shakespeare and the Law

Shakespeare and the Law

Name: Shakespeare and the Law
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780198877073
Price: 214.24 HKD
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Author: Gary Watt
ISBN: 9780198877073

By Gary Watt

Oxford University Press October 2024

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ISBN-13: 9780198877073
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: October 2024
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Shakespeare and the Law appreciates Shakespeare and his works as expressions of an English early modern culture in which the shared rhetorical practices of dramatists and lawyers were informed by the renaissance of classical practice. It argues that Shakespeare was not primarily concerned with the technical accuracy of law, legal ideas, and legal performances, but with their capacity to generate dramatic interest through dispute, trial, the breaking of bonds, and the bending of rules. It follows that all Shakespeare's plays are in a sense “law plays”.

Rhetorical practices can emerge as performances of power, but in Shakespeare's works they show more as instances of the human instinct to challenge power by playing with rules. Shakespeare employs the special magic of legal language, actions, and materials to conjure playgoers to act as a critical jury to events transacted on stage. This calls for close attention to Shakespeare's poetic sound effects and the ways they prompt audiences to confer a fair hearing.

1:Why Shakespeare and the Law?

2:Stages: Shakespeare's Legal Time and Place

3:Roles: Shakespeare's Legal Personalities

4:Script: Shakespeare's Legal Language

5:Properties: Shakespeare's Legal Materials

6:Playgoers: Shakespeare's Judicious Audience

7:Shakespeare's Justice and Legal Legacy

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