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Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law : Vindictive Justice

Part of the Early Modern Literature in History series
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This book, the first to trace revenge tragedy's evolving dialogue with early modern law, draws on changing laws of evidence, food riots, piracy, and debates over royal prerogative.

By taking the genre's legal potential seriously, it opens up the radical critique embedded in the revenge tragedies of Kyd, Shakespeare, Marston, Chettle and Middleton.

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Product Details
Palgrave Macmillan
1137572868 / 9781137572868
Hardback
822.309
03/02/2016
United Kingdom
English
256 pages
23 cm