{"product_id":"law-and-representation-in-early-modern-drama-hardback-9780521850353","title":"Law and Representation in Early Modern Drama (Hardback) 9780521850353","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLaw and Representation in Early Modern Drama\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of law and early modern English literature.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSubha Mukherji (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521850353, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 October 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e314 pages, 4 b\/w illus.  3 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.63 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\"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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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 drama's composite vision of legal realities but engages with the fictionality itself as significant, and negotiates the methodological challenges it posits.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of maps\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e A note on the text\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. 'Of rings, and things, and fine array': marriage law, evidence and uncertainty\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'Unmanly indignities': adultery, evidence and judgement in Heywood's A Woman Killed with Kindness\u003cbr\u003e 3. Evidence and representation on 'the theatre of God's judgements': A Warning for Fair Women\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'Painted devils': image-making and evidence in The White Devil\u003cbr\u003e 5. Locations of law: spaces, people, play\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'When women go to law, the Devil is full of Business': women, law and dramatic realism\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. The Hydra head, the labyrinth and the waxen nose: discursive metaphors for law\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005646393624,"sku":"9780521850353","price":85.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521850353i_cacef4dd-472c-47a3-89ff-d4aeb135f947.jpg?v=1691368817","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/law-and-representation-in-early-modern-drama-hardback-9780521850353","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}