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Cover image for book Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law

Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law

Vindictive Justice
By:Derek Dunne
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137572868
eText ISBN:9781137572875
Edition:0
Copyright:2016
Format:Reflowable

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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.