{"product_id":"theaters-of-intention-9780804734141","title":"Theaters of Intention","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly modern Britain witnessed a transformation in legal reasoning about human volition and intentional action, which contributed to new conventions and techniques for the theatrical representation of premeditated conduct. \u003ci\u003eTheaters of Intention\u003c\/i\u003e examines the relation between law and theater in this period, reading plays by Shakespeare, Jonson, Marlowe, and others to demonstrate how legal understanding of willful human action pervades sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on case law, legal treatises, parliamentary journals, and theatrical account books, the author considers the interplay between theatrical deliberation and legal dramatization of human intention. He analyzes such canonical plays as \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimon of Athens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDr. Faustus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBartholomew Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e alongside less familiar texts, including Barnes's \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Charter\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonson's \u003ci\u003eEntertainment at Althorp\u003c\/i\u003e, and the anonymous \u003ci\u003eNobody and Somebody\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable instances of the new theatrical representation of premeditated conduct include the appearance in \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e of wording from the sensational case of \u003ci\u003eHales versus Petit\u003c\/i\u003e and dramatizations of contract law in enactments of demonic pacts in the plays of Marlowe and Barnes. The final chapter examines the iconography of Nobody, an early modern equivalent of John Doe, and features some dozen illustrations of contemporary woodcuts, drawings, and engravings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTied closely to the convergence of authorial and dramatic forethought, theatrical representation of premeditated action demonstrates the close relationships among purposeful human behavior, fictionality, economic exchange, and the experience of time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luke Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48294776111355,"sku":"9780804734141","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/theaters-of-intention-9780804734141","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}