Justice, women, and power in English Renaissance drama
By: edited by Andrew Majeske and Emily Detmer-Goebel.
Contributors: Majeske, Andrew J.; Detmer-Goebel, Emily, 1961-
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Madison Teaneck
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780838641699
Subjects: English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism; English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism; Justice in literature; Women in literature; Law and literature -- History -- 16th century; Law and literature -- History -- 17th century; Power (Social sciences) in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Performative subversions: Portia, language, and the law in the Merchant of Venice / Andrew Majeske and Emily Detmer-Goebel; title: "Proceed in justice'": narratives of marital betrayal in The winter's tale / Kathryn R. Finin; title: Poisoned justice: passion and politics in The winter's tale / Cristina Leon Alfar; title: The trials of Mary Stuart: anxious circulations in John Webster's drama / Catherine E. Thomas; title: Forensic performances: evidentiary narrative in Arden of Faversham / Carol Blessing; title: Shakespeare's bed-tricks: finding justice in lies? / Cheryl Dudgeon; title: "What is yours is mine": sexual and social complementarity in the trial scenes of Measure for measure / Emily Detmer-Goebel; title: Striking a deal: Portia's trial strategy in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice / David Evett.