Shakespeare, Law, and Marriage

Informationen zum Autor B. J. Sokol is Reader in English at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Klappentext Combines legal! historical and literary approaches to marriage in Shakespeare's time and in his plays. Zusammenfassung This interdisciplinary study combines legal! historical and literary approaches to the practice and theory of marriage in Shakespeare's time! and discovers a wide range of examples in a selection of Shakespeare's plays. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Making a valid marriage: the consensual model; 2. Arranging marriages; 3. Wardship and marriages enforced by law; 4. Financing a marriage: provision of dowries or marriage portions; 5. The solemnisation of marriage; 6. Clandestine marriage, elopement, abduction and rape: irregular marriage formation; 7. The effects of marriage on legal status; 8. Marriage breakdown: separation, divorce, illegitimacy; 9. 'Til death us do part; An afterword on method; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: B. J. Sokol, B. J. (Goldsmiths Sokol, B. J. Sokol Sokol, Mary Sokol
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.03.2006
• EAN: 9780521024907
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02490-7
• Pagine: 276
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto del lavoro, diritto sociale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese