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Shakespeare's curse : the aphorias of ritual exclusion in early modern royal drama /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Quiring, Björn
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Winkler, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Series:Discourses of law.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Law.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > King Richard III.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > King John.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > King Lear.
Oaths in literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Richard III and the ostracized heritage of theatre
  • Anne and the supplement of the eucharist
  • Margaret and the excommunication of the old liturgy
  • Edward IV, the oath and the performance of the social contract
  • Hastings and the fateful prophecy
  • Henry VI and the standing army of the dead
  • Clarence and the diabolical allegory
  • Buckingham and the grounds of theater
  • King John and the ordeal of the bastard commodity
  • King Lear and the naturalized state of exception
  • Cordelia and the problem of equity
  • Goneril and Regan in open nature
  • Kent in internal banishment
  • Edgar and the Benedictio Vacui
  • The fool and the bonds of fate
  • Storm still and the perpetual downfall of the last judgment.