Theaters of intention
Subtitle: drama and the law in early modern England
By: Luke Wilson.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
Subjects: English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism; English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism; Law and literature -- History -- 16th century; Law and literature -- History -- 17th century; Law in literature
Description: "Luke Wilson examines the relation between law and theater in this period, reading plays by Shakespeare, Jonson, Marlowe, and others to demonstrate how legal understanding of willful human action pervades sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English drama." "Drawing on case law, legal treatises, parliamentary journals, and theatrical account books, the author considers the interplay between theatrical deliberation and legal dramatization of human intention."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-347) and index.