Law and representation in early modern drama /

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Author / Creator:Mukherji, Subha.
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (xxi, 291 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11826157
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ISBN:9780511349966
0511349963
0511349106
9780511349102
9780511483813
0511483813
9780521850353
0521850355
1281086037
9781281086037
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:A study of law and early modern English literature.
Other form:Print version: Mukherji, Subha. Law and representation in early modern drama. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 9780521850353
Table of Contents:
  • 'Of rings, and things, and fine array': marriage law, evidence and uncertainty
  • 'Unmanly indignities': Adultery, evidence and judgement in Heywood's A woman killed with kindness
  • Evidence and representation on 'the theatre of God's judgements': A warning for fair women
  • 'Painted devils': image-making and evidence in The white devil
  • Locations of law: spaces, people, play
  • 'When women go to law, the Devil is full of Business': women, law and dramatic realism.