Research Catalog

Title

Treason by words [electronic resource] : literature, law, and rebellion in Shakespeare's England / Rebecca Lemon.

Author

Lemon, Rebecca, 1968-

Publication

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.

Details

Description

1 online resource (ix, 234 p.)

Uniform Title

Treason by words (Online)

Alternative Title

Treason by words (Online)

Subject

• English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
• English drama > 17th century > History and criticism
• Treason in literature
• Literature and state > Great Britain > History > 16th century
• Literature and state > Great Britain > History > 17th century
• Gunpowder Plot, 1605
• Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-222) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Sovereignty, treason law, and the political imagination in early modern England -- The treason of Hayward's Henry IV -- Shakespeare's anatomy of resistance in Richard II -- Scaffolds of treason in Shakespeare's Macbeth -- Donne's Pseudo-martyr and post Gunpowder Plot law -- Treason and emergency power in Jonson's Catiline.

LCCN

2005032277

OCLC

ssj0000600146

Author

Lemon, Rebecca, 1968-

Title

Treason by words [electronic resource] : literature, law, and rebellion in Shakespeare's England / Rebecca Lemon.

Imprint

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-222) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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