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- catalog abstract "Early modern Britain witnessed a transformation in legal reasoning about human volition and intentional action, which contributed to new conventions and techniques for the theatrical representation of premeditated conduct. Theaters of Intention 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. He analyzes such canonical plays as Hamlet, Timon of Athens, Dr Faustus, Bartholomew Fair and Othello alongside less familiar texts, including Jonson's Entertainment at Althorp, and the anonymous Nobody and Somebody. The final chapter examines the iconography of Nobody, an early modern equivalent of John Doe, and features some dozen illustrations of contemporary woodcuts, drawings, and engravings.".
- catalog contributor b11966105.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description "1. Hamlet, Hales v petit, and the hysteresis of action -- 2. Ben Jonson and the law of contract -- 3. Commodities and contracts -- 4. Promissory performances -- 5. Contracting damnation -- 6. Nobodies that matter.".
- catalog description "Early modern Britain witnessed a transformation in legal reasoning about human volition and intentional action, which contributed to new conventions and techniques for the theatrical representation of premeditated conduct. Theaters of Intention 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. He analyzes such canonical plays as Hamlet, Timon of Athens, Dr Faustus, Bartholomew Fair and Othello alongside less familiar texts, including Jonson's Entertainment at Althorp, and the anonymous Nobody and Somebody. The final chapter examines the iconography of Nobody, an early modern equivalent of John Doe, and features some dozen illustrations of contemporary woodcuts, drawings, and engravings.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-347) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 362 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Theaters of intention.".
- catalog identifier "0804734143 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Theaters of intention.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Theaters of intention.".
- catalog subject "822/.309355 21".
- catalog subject "English drama 17th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Law and literature History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Law and literature History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Law in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR658.L38 W55 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Hamlet, Hales v petit, and the hysteresis of action -- 2. Ben Jonson and the law of contract -- 3. Commodities and contracts -- 4. Promissory performances -- 5. Contracting damnation -- 6. Nobodies that matter.".
- catalog title "Theaters of intention : drama and the law in early modern England / Luke Wilson.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".