Crime and Consequence in Early Modern Literature and Law

AvJudith Hudson

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Traces the ways in which changing ideas about criminal sanction were reflected in and engaged with in early modern English societyBroadens the scope of current law and literature debate into the area of consequenceOffers analysis of both major and lesser-known literary texts, including ShakespeareExplores new primary resources on early modern criminal sanctionProvides a new entry point for a wider examination of early modern cultureWill appeal to students, academic specialists and to a more general audience with an interest in history of crimeIn a period in which some three hundred crimes were designated as felonies and punishable by death, a consideration of crime must inevitably lead to a preoccupation with consequences. Crime and Consequence in Early Modern Literature and Law analyses contemporary literary and legal texts, including drama, poetry and commentaries on the law, and considers how 'proportionable' punishment was imagined in the early modern period and how the possibility of justice miscarried might influence that imagining.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-07-17
Mått:156 x 234 x 13 mm
Vikt:345 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474454360

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Judith Hudson is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of English, Theatre and Creative Writing at Birkbeck College, University of London. Her articles have appeared in The Seventeenth Century and Textual Practice, as well as in several edited volumes. Her research focuses on early modern literature and law.

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With this book, Hudson joins a rich and growing interdisciplinary conversation on law and literature in early modern England, artfully engaging with scholarship in history, literary studies, theory, and law... Crime and Consequence is a model contribution to this field, gracefully weaving together analysis of a broad range of scholarly interpretations and a rich tapestry of early modern sources, including court decisions, sermons, pamphlets, legal tomes, and numerous dramatic works.

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AcknowledgementsNote on Spelling, Citation and AbbreviationIntroduction1. ‘Vipers in the bosom of our Law’: The Emergence of Perjury as a Common Law Offence2. ‘Hollow-hearted angels’: Coins, Counterfeits and the Discourses of Treason3. ‘The Woman’s Case put to the Lawyers’: Miscarriage of Justice and the Case of Anne Greene4. Pardon and Oblivion: Pardon, Benefit of Clergy, Peine Forte et Dure5. ‘England’s Rubidg’: Mary Carleton and the Early Use of TransportationBibliography