Justice, Women, and Power in English Renaissance Drama

This collection of essays explores the relationship of gender and justice as represented in English Renaissance drama. Many of the essays are concerned with interrogating the ways that women relied upon and/or reacted to the legal (and overarching political) systems in early modern England. Other essays examine issues involving the role of narrative, evidence, and gendered expectations about justice in the plays of this time period. An implicit concern...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611473837
• ISBN13: 9781611473834
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"