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I561.073 版次： |
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著者:
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Geng, Penelope, |
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Communal justice in Shakespeare's England : [ drama, law, and emotion /] / , |
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xiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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"The sixteenth century was a turning point for both law and drama. Relentless professionalization of the common law set off a cascade of lawyerly self-fashioning - resulting in blunt attacks on lay judgment. English playwrights, including Shakespeare, resisted the forces of legal professionalization by casting legal expertise as a detriment to moral feeling. They celebrated the ability of individuals, guided by conscience and working alongside members of their community, to restore justice. Playwrights used the participatory nature of drama to deepen public understanding of and respect for communal justice. In plays such as King Lear and Macbeth, lay people accomplish the work of magistracy: conscience structures legal judgment, neighbourly care shapes the coroner's inquest, and communal emotions give meaning to confession and repentance. An original and deeply sourced study of early modern literature and law, Communal Justice in Shakespeare's England contributes to a growing body of scholarship devoted to the study of how drama creates and sustains community. Penelope Geng brings together a wealth of imaginative and documentary archives - including plays, sermons, conscience literature, Protestant hagiographies, legal manuals, and medieval and early modern chronicles - proving that literature never simply reacts to legal events but always actively invents legal questions, establishes legal expectations, and shapes legal norms."-- |
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English drama History and criticism. Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 |
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Law in literature. |
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Lawyers in literature. |
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Law enforcement in literature. |
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Justice in literature. |
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Justice, Administration of, in literature. |
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Law History 16th century. Great Britain |
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English drama Early modern and Elizabethan. |
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Justice, Administration of, in literature. |
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Justice in literature. |
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Law. |
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Law enforcement in literature. |
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主题词:
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Law in literature. |
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主题词:
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Lawyers in literature. |