Shakespeare's Curse: The Aporias of Ritual Exclusion in Early Modern Royal Drama

by Björn Quiring

Conceptualizing the curse as the representation of a foundational, mythical violence that is embedded within juridical discourse, Shakespeare's Curse: The Aporias of Ritual Exclusion in Early Modern Royal Drama 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415517567
• ISBN13: 9780415517560
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"