| Description |
1 online resource (x, 308 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Corpus juris : the humanities in politics and law
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Corpus juris (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Theater -- Political aspects -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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Theater -- Political aspects. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Clemency in literature.
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Clemency in literature. |
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Pardon -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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Pardon. |
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Pardon.
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English drama (Tragicomedy) -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
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English drama (Tragicomedy) |
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Politics and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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Politics and literature. |
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Law and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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Law and literature. |
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Political plays, English -- History and criticism.
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Political plays, English. |
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Politics in literature.
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Politics in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Meyler, Bernadette. Theaters of pardoning. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501739330 (DLC) 2019007604 |
| ISBN |
9781501739392 (electronic book) |
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1501739395 (electronic book) |
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9781501739408 (electronic book) |
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1501739409 (electronic book) |
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9781501739330 |
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1501739336 |
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9781501739347 |
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1501739344 |
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