Bjoern Quiring

Shakespeare's Curse

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Conceptualizing the curse as the representation of a foundational, mythical violence that is embedded within juridical discourse, Shakespeare's Curse pursues a reading of Richard III, King John, and King Lear in order to analyse the persistence of imprecations in the discourses of modernity. Shakespeare wrote during a period that was transformative in the development of juridical thinking. However, taking up the relationship between theatre, theology and law, Bjoern Quiring argues that the curse was not eliminated from legal discourses during this modernization of jurisprudence; rather, it persisted and to this day continues to haunt numerous speech acts. Drawing on the work of Derrida, Lacan, Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben, among others, Quiring analyses the performativity of the curse, and tracks its power through the juristic themes that are pursued within Shakespeare's plays - such as sovereignty, legitimacy, succession, obligation, exception, and natural law. Thus, this book provides an original and important insight into early modern legal developments, as well as a fresh perspective on some of Shakespeare's best-known works. A fascinating interdisciplinary study, this book will interest students and scholars of Law, Literature, and History.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780415704229
• ISBN-10: 0415704227
• Artikelnr.: 43226678

Autorenporträt

Bjoern Quiring (Author)

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Richard III and the Ostracized Heritage of
Theatre 1.1 Anne and the Supplement of the Eucharist 1.2 Margaret and the
Excommunication of the Old Liturgy 1.3 Edward IV, the Oath and the
Performance of the Social Contract 1.4 Hastings and the Fateful Prophecy
1.5 Henry VI and the Standing Army of the Dead 1.6 Clarence and the
Diabolical Allegory 1.7 Buckingham and the Grounds of Theater 2. King John
and the Ordeal of the Bastard Commodity 3. King Lear and the Naturalized
State of Exception 3.1 Cordelia and the Problem of Equity 3.2 Goneril and
Regan within the Liberties of Nature 3.3 Kent in Internal Banishment 3.4
Edgar and the benedictio vacui 3.5 The Fool and the Bonds of Fate 3.6
Storm still and the Perpetual Downfall of the Last Judgment