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Author:
Raffield, Paul, author.
Title:
Shakespeare's strangers and English law / Paul Raffield.
Publisher:
Hart Publishing,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xvi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Knowledge and learning.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.
Law in literature.
Strangers in literature.
Outsiders in literature.
Law--Great Britain--History--16th century.
Law--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Law.
Law in literature.
Outsiders in literature.
Strangers in literature.
Great Britain.
1500-1699
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Through analysis of 5 plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield examines what it meant to be a 'stranger' to English law in the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean period. The numbers of strangers increased dramatically in the late sixteenth century, as refugees fled religious persecution in continental Europe and sought sanctuary in Protestant England. In the context of this book, strangers are not only persons ethnically or racially different from their English counterparts, be they immigrants, refugees, or visitors. The term also includes those who transgress or are simply excluded by their status from established legal norms by virtue of their faith, sexuality, or mode of employment. Each chapter investigates a particular category of 'stranger'. Topics include the treatment of actors in late Elizabethan England and the punishment of 'counterfeits' (Measure for Measure); the standing of refugees under English law and the reception of these people by the indigenous population (The Comedy of Errors); the establishment of 'Troynovant' as an international trading centre on the banks of the Thames (Troilus and Cressida); the role of law and the state in determining the rights of citizens and aliens (The Merchant of Venice); and the disenfranchised, estranged position of the citizen in a dysfunctional society and an acephalous realm (King Lear)"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1509965467
9781509965465
1509929843
9781509929849
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1342489455
LCCN:
2022041812
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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