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Shakespeare, Law, and Marriage
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Artikel-Nr:
9780521822633
Veröffentl:
2004
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Erscheinungsdatum:
20.12.2004
Seiten:
276
Autor:
B. J. Sokol
Gewicht:
583 g
Format:
240x161x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
B. J. Sokol is Reader in English at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Combining legal, historical and literary approaches to the practice and theory of marriage in Shakespeare's time, this study discovers a broad range of information in a selection of Shakespeare's plays. Jerry and Mary Sokol approach the legal history of marriage as part of cultural history. The household was viewed as the basic unit of Elizabethan society, but many aspects of marriage were controversial, and the law was uncertain and confusing. The Sokols' analysis reveals much about Shakespeare's age as well as his work.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Making a valid marriage: the consensual model; 2. Arranging marriages; 3. Wardship and marriages enforced by law; 4. Financing a marriage: provision of dowries or marriage portions; 5. The solemnisation of marriage; 6. Clandestine marriage, elopement, abduction and rape: irregular marriage formation; 7. The effects of marriage on legal status; 8. Marriage breakdown: separation, divorce, illegitimacy; 9. 'Til death us do part; An afterword on method; Notes; Bibliography; Index.