Shakespeare and the Law

Shakespeare and the Law argues that Shakespeare was not primarily concerned with the technical accuracy of law, but with its capacity to generate drama through dispute and playing with rules.

Sommario

• 1: Why Shakespeare and the Law?


• 2: Stages: Shakespeare's Legal Time and Place


• 3: Roles: Shakespeare's Legal Personalities


• 4: Script: Shakespeare's Legal Language


• 5: Properties: Shakespeare's Legal Materials


• 6: Playgoers: Shakespeare's Judicious Audience


• 7: Shakespeare's Justice and Legal Legacy

Info autore

Gary Watt is Professor of Law, The University of Warwick. He co-founded the journal Law and Humanities and is general editor of Bloomsbury's Cultural History of Law. He has held a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship on rhetorical performance and as a National Teaching Fellow and national 'Law Teacher of the Year' (2009) for many years delivered rhetoric workshops for the Royal Shakespeare Company. His books include Shakespeare's Acts of Will (Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare), Dress, Law, and Naked Truth (Bloomsbury), Trusts and Equity (Oxford), The Making Sense of Politics, Media, and Law (Cambridge) and Equity Stirring (Hart).

Riassunto

Shakespeare and the Law argues that Shakespeare was not primarily concerned with the technical accuracy of law, but with its capacity to generate drama through dispute and playing with rules.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gary Watt, Gary (Professor of Law Watt, Watt Gary
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.02.2025
• EAN: 9780198877073
• ISBN: 978-0-19-887707-3
• Pagine: 208
• Serie: Oxford Shakespeare Topics
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, Legal History, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean