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Shakespeare, law, and marriage
- Title
- Shakespeare, law, and marriage / B.J. Sokol and Mary Sokol.
- Author
- Sokol, B. J.
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PR3069.M32 S65 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sokol, Mary, 1945-
- Description
- x, 262 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This interdisciplinary study combines legal, historical and literary approaches to the practice and theory of marriage in Shakespeare's time. It uses the history of English law and the history of the contexts of law to study a wide range of Shakespeare's plays and poems. The authors approach the legal history of marriage as part of cultural history. The household was viewed as the basic unit of Elizabethan society, but many aspects of marriage were controversial, and the law relating to marriage was uncertain and confusing, leading to bitter disagreements over the proper modes for marriage choice and conduct. The authors point out numerous instances within Shakespeare's plays of the conflict over status, gender relations, property, religious belief, and individual autonomy versus community control. By achieving a better understanding of these issues, the book illuminates both Shakespeare's work and his age."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Knowledge and learning
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William
- 1500-1699
- Marriage in literature
- Marriage > England > History > 16th century
- Marriage > England > History > 17th century
- Law and literature > History > 16th century
- Law and literature > History > 17th century
- Law in literature
- Manners and customs
- customs (social concepts)
- Law
- Law and literature
- Law in literature
- Manners and customs
- Marriage
- Marriage in literature
- Englisch
- Ehe Motiv
- Eherecht
- Eheschließung Motiv
- Eheschließung
- Geschichte
- Literatur
- Recht Motiv
- Huwelijk
- Recht
- Huwelijksrecht
- Letterkunde
- England
- Englisch
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-251) and index.
- Contents
- Making a valid marriage : the consensual model -- Arranging marriages -- Wardship and marriages enforced by law -- Financing a marriage : provision of dowries or marriage portions -- Solemnisation of marriage -- Clandestine marriage, elopement, abduction, and rape : irregular marriage formation -- Effects of marriage on legal status -- Marriage breakdown : separation, divorce, illegitimacy -- 'Til death us do part.
- ISBN
- 0521822637
- 9780521822633
- LCCN
- 2003048481
- OCLC
- ocm51984862
- 51984862
- SCSB-14642228
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library