A study of law and early modern English literature.

This volume addresses dealings with the wondrous, magical, holy, sacred, sainted, numinous, uncanny, auratic, and sacral in the plays of Shakespeare and contemp

This essay collection builds on the latest research on the topic of theatre audiences in early modern England. In broad terms, the project answers the question,

This book, the first to trace revenge tragedy's evolving dialogue with early modern law, draws on changing laws of evidence, food riots, piracy, and debates ove