Theaters of pardoning / Bernadette Meyler.
2019
PR678.L38 M49 2019
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Author
Title
Theaters of pardoning / Bernadette Meyler.
Imprint
Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Copyright
©2019
Description
x, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Corpus juris (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : theaters of pardoning
Dramatic judgments : Measure for Measure, revenge, and the institution of the law
Emplotting politics : James I and the "Powder Treason"
The Laws of Candy : non-sovereign forgiveness and the generalizing of revenge
From sovereignty to the state : the tragicomic clemency of Massinger's The Bondman
Between royal pardons and acts of oblivion : the transitional justice of Cosmo Manuche and James Compton, Earl of Northampton
Pardoning revolution : the 1660 Act of Oblivion and Hobbes's recentering of sovereignty
Postlude : pardoning and liberal constitutionalism.
Dramatic judgments : Measure for Measure, revenge, and the institution of the law
Emplotting politics : James I and the "Powder Treason"
The Laws of Candy : non-sovereign forgiveness and the generalizing of revenge
From sovereignty to the state : the tragicomic clemency of Massinger's The Bondman
Between royal pardons and acts of oblivion : the transitional justice of Cosmo Manuche and James Compton, Earl of Northampton
Pardoning revolution : the 1660 Act of Oblivion and Hobbes's recentering of sovereignty
Postlude : pardoning and liberal constitutionalism.
Summary
"This book aims to address the roots of pardoning's treatment in contemporary politics and uncover what new formulations of pardoning might contribute by examining what it calls "theaters of pardoning"--A form of tragicomedy--in the drama and politics of seventeenth-century England"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Meyler, Bernadette. Theaters of pardoning. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019
Call Number
PR678.L38 M49 2019
Language
English
ISBN
9781501739330 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1501739336 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781501739347 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1501739344 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1501739336 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781501739347 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1501739344 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
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