Lines of equity
Subtitle: literature and the origins of law in later Stuart England
By: Elliott Visconsi
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780801446726
Subjects: Law in literature; English literature; Equity in literature; Law and literature; History and criticism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cultivating equity, disciplining race : the fictional method and the origins of law in later Stuart England; title: The endless jar of justice : John Dryden and the theater of judgment; title: Equity restored : John Milton and the origins of law; title: Reviving liberty : writing the English republic after 1660; title: Universal wolves : Aphra Behn and the English race; title: Coda : Robinson Crusoe between facts and norms.