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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458628503321

Titolo

Justice, women, and power in English Renaissance drama [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Majeske and Emily Detmer-Goebel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison ; ; Teaneck, : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8386-4336-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MajeskeAndrew J

Detmer-GoebelEmily <1961->

Disciplina

822/.309355

Soggetti

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

English drama - 17th century - History and criticism

Justice in literature

Women in literature

Law and literature - History - 16th century

Law and literature - History - 17th century

Power (Social sciences) in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Performative subversions: Portia, language, and the law in the merchant of Venice / Andrew Majeske and Emily Detmer-Goebel -- Proceed in justice: narratives of marital betrayal in the winter's tale / Kathryn R. Finin --  Poisoned justice: passion and politics in the winter's tale / Cristina Leon Alfar -- The trials of Mary Stuart: anxious circulations in John Webster's drama / Catherine E. Thomas --  Forensic performances: evidentiary narrative in Arden of Faversham / Carol Blessing -- Shakespeare's bed-tricks: finding justice in lies? / Cheryl Dudgeon --  What is yours is mine: sexual and social complementarity in the trial scenes of measure for measure / Emily Detmer-Goebel -- Striking a deal: Portia's trial strategy in Shakespeare's merchant of Venice / David Evett.