Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law: Vindictive Justice

Dunne, Derek

This book, the first to trace revenge tragedy's evolving dialogue with early modern law, draws on changing laws of evidence, food riots, piracy, and debates over royal prerogative. By taking the genre's legal potential seriously, it opens up the radical critique embedded in the revenge tragedies of Kyd, Shakespeare, Marston, Chettle and Middleton.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2016-02-03

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137572868

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-57287-5

Dimensions: 216.0cm x140.0cm

Pages: 229.0