Solon and Thespis law and theater in the English Renaissance / edited by Dennis Kezar.

Other author Kezar, Dennis, 1968-
Format Book
Publication InfoNotre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2007.
Descriptionviii, 294 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Introduction / Dennis Kezar -- Jonson and the tribe of law. -- Trial by theater : Jonson, Marston, and Dekker in the court of Parnassus / Matthew Greenfield -- The law versus the marketplace in Jonson's Bartholomew Fair / Paul Cantor -- Ben Jonson and London courtrooms / Frances Teague -- Legal rhetoric and theatrical pressure. -- "They took from me the use of mine own house" : land law in Shakespeare's Lear and Shakespeare's culture / Heather Dubrow -- Sycorax's "thing" / Ernest B. Gilman -- The witch of Edmonton and the guilt of possession / Dennis Kezar -- Law staged and theory troubled. -- "Paper bullets" : texts, lies, and censorship in early modern England / Debora Shuger -- "So many books, so many rolls of ancient time" : the Inns of Court and Gorboduc / Karen J. Cunningham -- The rich cabinet : Bacon, Chapman, and the culture of corruption / Luke Wilson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006023896
ISBN0268033137 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780268033132 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780268033132

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR658.L38 S66 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold