The invention of suspicion : law and mimesis in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama / Lorna Hutson.
The invention of suspicion : law and mimesis in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama / Lorna Hutson.
The invention of suspicion : law and mimesis in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama / Lorna Hutson.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N822.30935/7
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English
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x, 382 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. From penitence to evidence : drama and the legal reformation -- 2. Rethinking Foucault : the juridical epistemology of English Renaissance drama -- 3. Judicial narrative and dramatic mimesis -- 4. From intrigue to detection : transformations of classical comedy, 1566-1594 -- 5. Forensic rhetoric...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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England
Date Published
2007.
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"The Invention of Suspicion argues that the English justice system underwent changes in the sixteenth-century which, because of the system's participatory nature, had a widespread effect and a decisive impact on the development of English Renaissance drama. The book offers an overarching account of epistemological change since the Reformation: even...
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The invention of suspicion : law and mimesis in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama / Lorna Hutson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-376) and index.
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N822.30935/7
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74VMbpLerA43
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbpLerA43
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9780199212439 (hbk.)
0199212430 (hbk.)
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822.3093554
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991000679059702626
