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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786387203321

Autore

Phillips Owen Hood

Titolo

Shakespeare and the lawyers / / O. Hood Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-135-03273-4

1-299-47898-0

1-135-03274-2

0-203-70845-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Shakespeare. History & politics ; ; 4

Disciplina

822.33

Soggetti

Lawyers in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1972"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; SHAKESPEARE AND THE LAWYERS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; 1 Records of Shakespeare's Life and Work; 2 Shakespeare and the Inns of Court; 3 Legal Terms, Allusions and Plots; 4 Problems of Law, Justice and Government; 5 Descriptions of Lawyers and Officers of the Law; 6 References to Legal Personalities and Cases; 7 Trial Scenes; 8 The Trial in The Merchant of Venice; 9 Criticism of Shakespeare's Law; 10 Lawyers' Contributions to Shakespeare Studies; 11 The Lawyers and Shakespeare; 12 Did Shakespeare have a Legal Training?; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1972. Shakespeare's writing abounds with legal terms and allusions and in many of the plays the concept and working of the law is a significant theme. Shakespeare and the Lawyers gives a comprehensive survey of what Shakespeare wrote about the law and lawyers, and what has been written, particularly by lawyers, about Shakespeare's life and works in relation to the law.  The book first reviews the recorded facts about Shakespeare's life and works, and his connection with the Inns of Court. It then discusses legal terms, allusions and plots in the plays; Shake