Treason by words : literature, law, and rebellion in Shakespeare's England /
Lemon, Rebecca,1968-
Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-222) and index.
Sovereignty, treason law, and the political imagination in early modern England -- The treason of Hayward's Henry IV -- Shakespeare's anatomy of resistance in Richard II -- Scaffolds of treason in Shakespeare's Macbeth -- Donne's Pseudo-martyr and post Gunpowder Plot law -- Treason and emergency power in Jonson's Catiline.
English drama
English drama
Treason in literature.
Literature and state
Literature and state
Gunpowder Plot, 1605.