Legal reform in English Renaissance literature /

This book investigates rhetorical and representational practices that were used to monitor English law at the turn of the seventeenth century.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Strain, Virginia Lee (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017.
Colección:Edinburgh critical studies in Renaissance culture.
Temas:
1500-1699
Law and literature > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Law and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
English literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
Law reform > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Droit et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Droit et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Littérature anglaise > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Droit > Réforme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
English literature
Law and literature
Law reform
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Legal Reform in English Renaissance Literature; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction; 1 'Perpetuall Reformation' in Spenser's Faerie Queene 'Perpetuall Reformation' in Book V of Spenser's Faerie Queene; Part I Perfection; 2 Snaring Statutes and the General Pardon in the Gesta Grayorum; 3 Legal Excess in John Donne's 'Satyre V'; Part II Execution; 4 The Assize Circuitry of Measure for Measure; 5 The Winter's Tale and the Oracle of the Law; Bibliography; Index.

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