Marriage and Land Law in Shakespeare and Middleton

By Nancy Mohrlock Bunker

Book Overview

In paired discussions of marriage plays by Shakespeare and Middleton, this book explores the maneuvers that marriageable characters deploy in order to control spousal choice and secure land. Investigation into the milieu of early modern inheritance laws enables a fresh reading of Shakespeare's and Middleton's marriage comedies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611477360
• ISBN13: 9781611477368
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"