Literature and the Law of Nations, 1580-1680
Warren, Christopher NortonAuthor
This is a literary history of international law in the age of Shakespeare, Milton, Grotius, and Hobbes. It tells the previously untold story of major English Renaissance writers who used literary genres like epic, tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, and history to help create modern international law. Whereas international law's standard histories regularly omit literary figures and debates, Warren instead delights in the early modern contests over literary form that animated a range of major seventeenth century texts.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is a literary history of international law in the age of Shakespeare, Milton, Grotius, and Hobbes. It tells the previously untold story of major English Renaissance writers who used literary genres like epic, tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, and history to help create modern international law. Whereas international law's standard histories regularly omit literary figures and debates, Warren instead delights in the early modern contests over literary form that animated a range of major seventeenth century texts.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
European literature
International law
Law in literature
European literature
Literature - General
Languages & Literatures