{"product_id":"communal-justice-in-shakespeares-england-drama-law-and-emotion-hardback-9781487508043","title":"Communal Justice in Shakespeare's England; Drama, Law, and Emotion (Hardback) 9781487508043","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCommunal Justice in Shakespeare's England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDrama, Law, and Emotion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePenelope Geng (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487508043\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 April 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 9 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 1.9 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For readers and scholars generally, and for those of us who have written about law and literature or about figures such as Shakespeare and Edward Coke, Geng\u0026amp;#x2019;s book makes a distinctive, lively, and considered contribution to scholarship.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Jonathan Locke Hart, Shandong University (\u003cem\u003eRenaissance and Reformation\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"In this historically thorough and highly entertaining work, the author draws a line between professional and non-professional aspects of the law, which sheds a new light on the plays she discusses.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Franziska Quabeck (\u003cem\u003eShakespeare Jahrbuch\u003c\/em\u003e) \"Penelope Geng\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eCommunal Justice in Shakespeare\u0026amp;#x2019;s England\u003c\/em\u003e is an inspiring addition to the field of law and literature. At the same time, the monograph\u0026amp;#x2019;s clear storytelling makes Geng\u0026amp;#x2019;s narrative accessible and useful for scholars outside of the fields of law and literature or early modern studies.\" - Jessica Apolloni (\u003cem\u003eMedieval \u0026amp; Renaissance Drama in England\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sixteenth century was a turning point for both law and drama. Relentless professionalization of the common law set off a cascade of lawyerly self-fashioning – resulting in blunt attacks on lay judgment. English playwrights, including Shakespeare, resisted the forces of legal professionalization by casting legal expertise as a detriment to moral feeling. They celebrated the ability of individuals, guided by conscience and working alongside members of their community, to restore justice. Playwrights used the participatory nature of drama to deepen public understanding of and respect for communal justice. In plays such as \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, lay people accomplish the work of magistracy: conscience structures legal judgment, neighbourly care shapes the coroner\u0026amp;#x2019;s inquest, and communal emotions give meaning to confession and repentance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn original and deeply sourced study of early modern literature and law, \u003ci\u003eCommunal Justice in Shakespeare\u0026amp;#x2019;s England \u003c\/i\u003econtributes to a growing body of scholarship devoted to the study of how drama creates and sustains community. Penelope Geng brings together a wealth of imaginative and documentary archives – including plays, sermons, conscience literature, Protestant hagiographies, legal manuals, and medieval and early modern chronicles – proving that literature never simply reacts to legal events but always actively invents legal questions, establishes legal expectations, and shapes legal norms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on Texts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Double Obligation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. From Assise to the Assize at Home\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Judicature in Crisis: \u003cem\u003eHenry IV, Part 2\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Neighbourliness and the Coroner\u0026amp;#x2019;s Inquest in English Domestic Tragedies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Repairing Community: Empathetic Witnessing in \u003cem\u003eActs and Monuments\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Communal Shaming and the Limitations of Legal Forms: \u003cem\u003eHenry VI, Part 2\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscript\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595482362136,"sku":"9781487508043","price":40.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/communal-justice-in-shakespeares-england-drama-law-and-emotion-hardback-9781487508043","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}