Eternal Bonds, True Contracts: Law and Nature in Shakespeare's Problem PlaysState University of New York Press, 2012. febr. 1. - 203 oldal In Eternal Bonds, True Contracts, A. G. Harmon closely analyzes Shakespeare's concentrated use of the law and its instruments in what have often been referred to as the problem plays: Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, The Merchant of Venice, and All's Well That Ends Well. Contracts, bonds, sureties, wills—all ensure a changed relationship between parties, and in Shakespeare the terms are nearly always reserved for use in the contexts of marriage and fellowship. Harmon explores the theory and practice of contractual obligations in Renaissance England, especially those involving marriage and property, in order to identify contractual elements and their formation, execution, and breach in the plays. Using both legal and literary resources, Harmon reveals the larger significance of these contractual concepts by illustrating how Shakespeare develops them both dramatically and thematically. Harmon's study ultimately enables the reader to perceive not only these plays but also all of Shakespeare's writing—including his poetry—as integral with, and implicated in, the proliferating legalism that was helping to define early modern English culture. |
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... dramatic payoff comes in seeing whether the characters will endure. We have come to think that, in art, freedom lies outside the law; indeed, that nature itself lies outside the law. It is a dramatic gauntlet to be run, or a ...
... dramatic payoff comes in seeing whether the characters will endure. We have come to think that, in art, freedom lies outside the law; indeed, that nature itself lies outside the law. It is a dramatic gauntlet to be run, or a ...
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... dramatic story. It is one in which law is used to actually bring about freedom, happiness, community, and, most important, the dignity of persons and things that comes with sheer, simple integrity. “Integrity” here is meant not only in ...
... dramatic story. It is one in which law is used to actually bring about freedom, happiness, community, and, most important, the dignity of persons and things that comes with sheer, simple integrity. “Integrity” here is meant not only in ...
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... dramatically. However, my own reason for this focus is not to argue for any particular play's inclusion in, or exclusion from, the old category, or to propose a new definition for constituting the category itself. My assessment starts ...
... dramatically. However, my own reason for this focus is not to argue for any particular play's inclusion in, or exclusion from, the old category, or to propose a new definition for constituting the category itself. My assessment starts ...
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... dramatic events as they unfold. In the recent past, the study of law and literature has become an independent scholarly enterprise, with Shakespeare as one of its primary interests. The movement's inception can be traced to James Boyd ...
... dramatic events as they unfold. In the recent past, the study of law and literature has become an independent scholarly enterprise, with Shakespeare as one of its primary interests. The movement's inception can be traced to James Boyd ...
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... dramatic possibility.14 The conflict between notions of the law provides much tension in Shakespeare's plays. When law is challenged on one level—be it eternal, natural, or positive—the conflict has ramifications on other levels, and in ...
... dramatic possibility.14 The conflict between notions of the law provides much tension in Shakespeare's plays. When law is challenged on one level—be it eternal, natural, or positive—the conflict has ramifications on other levels, and in ...
Tartalomjegyzék
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The Contracts in Measure for Measure | 25 |
The Mock Contract in Troilus and Cressida | 55 |
Contracts Bonds and Sureties inThe Merchant of Venice | 81 |
Contractual Performance in Alls Well That Ends Well | 115 |
Beyond the Problem Plays | 145 |
Notes | 165 |
Works Cited | 185 |
Index | 191 |
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Eternal Bonds, True Contracts: Law and Nature in Shakespeare's Problem Plays A. G. Harmon Korlátozott előnézet - 2004 |
Eternal Bonds, True Contracts: Law and Nature in Shakespeare's Problem Plays A. G. Harmon Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2004 |
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