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Fortier, Mark, 1953-
Shakespeare's law / Mark Fortier. - New York : Routledge, 2022. - vi, 222 p. ; 23 cm. - Routledge Studies in shakespeare. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Law in Shakespeare's life and career -- General patterns -- Case study : The merchant of Venice -- Case study : Measure for measure -- Seven short readings of non-Shakespearean early-modern plays -- Shakespeare and law now.
"Shakespeare's Law is a reading of law and legal issues within the works of William Shakespeare. Mark Fortier argues that Shakespeare's attitudes to law are complex and not always sanguine, that there exists a deep and perhaps ultimate rejection of law, an antinomian streak, very different from what a lawyer or legal scholar might espouse. Fortier looks in detail at the legal issues most prominent across Shakespeare's work: property, inheritance, status, identity theft, contract, marriage, tort (especially slander), evidence, crime, and political authority. He also includes three detailed case studies of The Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure, and Hamlet as well as a chapter looking at law in the work of Shakespeare's contemporaries. The book shows that the central issues of Shakespeare's time are similar to those we have today, therefore the exploration of law in Shakespeare is as germane today as in the past"--
9780367902179 9781032253190
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Knowledge and learning.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation.
Law in literature.
Law and literature--History--16th century.
Law and literature--History--17th century.
English drama--History and criticism.--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
English drama--History and criticism.--17th century
PR3028 / .F67 2022
822.33 / F741
Shakespeare's law / Mark Fortier. - New York : Routledge, 2022. - vi, 222 p. ; 23 cm. - Routledge Studies in shakespeare. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Law in Shakespeare's life and career -- General patterns -- Case study : The merchant of Venice -- Case study : Measure for measure -- Seven short readings of non-Shakespearean early-modern plays -- Shakespeare and law now.
"Shakespeare's Law is a reading of law and legal issues within the works of William Shakespeare. Mark Fortier argues that Shakespeare's attitudes to law are complex and not always sanguine, that there exists a deep and perhaps ultimate rejection of law, an antinomian streak, very different from what a lawyer or legal scholar might espouse. Fortier looks in detail at the legal issues most prominent across Shakespeare's work: property, inheritance, status, identity theft, contract, marriage, tort (especially slander), evidence, crime, and political authority. He also includes three detailed case studies of The Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure, and Hamlet as well as a chapter looking at law in the work of Shakespeare's contemporaries. The book shows that the central issues of Shakespeare's time are similar to those we have today, therefore the exploration of law in Shakespeare is as germane today as in the past"--
9780367902179 9781032253190
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Knowledge and learning.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation.
Law in literature.
Law and literature--History--16th century.
Law and literature--History--17th century.
English drama--History and criticism.--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
English drama--History and criticism.--17th century
PR3028 / .F67 2022
822.33 / F741