Shakespeare's law /

Shakespeare's Law is a reading of law and legal issues within the works of William Shakespeare. Mark Fortier argues that Shakespeare's attitudes to law are complex and not always sanguine, that there exists a deep and perhaps ultimate rejection of law, an antinomian streak, very different...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fortier, Mark, 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2022.
Series:Routledge studies in Shakespeare.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Law in Shakespeare's life and career
  • General patterns
  • Case study : The merchant of Venice
  • Case study : Measure for measure
  • Seven short readings of non-Shakespearean early-modern plays
  • Shakespeare and law now.