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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... mean to the plays as plays; that is, how they help interpret the 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 ...
... mean to the plays as plays; that is, how they help interpret the 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 ...
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... means to a literary understanding of these works. These plays are best suited for this analysis, for unlike other comedies, they not only involve a high concentration of societal institutions—governmental, judicial, and ecclesiastical ...
... means to a literary understanding of these works. These plays are best suited for this analysis, for unlike other comedies, they not only involve a high concentration of societal institutions—governmental, judicial, and ecclesiastical ...
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... means to ensure that observance. A few words of clarification about the meaning of nature are in order. Hooker mentions the age-old system of creation based on plenitude (God's desire that the world should be populated), gradation ...
... means to ensure that observance. A few words of clarification about the meaning of nature are in order. Hooker mentions the age-old system of creation based on plenitude (God's desire that the world should be populated), gradation ...
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... means that turn the action and transform the characters. On the whole, such instruments secure a changed relationship between parties: Contracts create unions; bonds and sureties engage one person to stand as a guaranty for another. It ...
... means that turn the action and transform the characters. On the whole, such instruments secure a changed relationship between parties: Contracts create unions; bonds and sureties engage one person to stand as a guaranty for another. It ...
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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