Title Inheritance law and political theology in Shakespeare and Milton : election and grace as constitutional in early modern literature and beyond / by Joseph S. Jenkins

Published Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Theological Will and Human Last Will; Inter-Chapter Theory Signpost #1; 1 Reading for Revelation, Election as Willful Curse, and Grace in the Origins of English Common Law; Part 1: Sons; 2 Hamlet: Elected to Annihilation; 3 Macbeth: Murderous Rivalry over Succession Control; Inheritance of Grace as State of Exception; Inter-Chapter Theory Signpost #2; Part 2: Daughters; 4 Merchant: Portia's Will and the Grace of Forebear-and-Follower Bonds; 5 Tempest: Renouncing the Grip on the Daughter Prospero and Alonzo's Partnership Beyond Last WillsInter-Chapter Theory Signpost #3; Part 3: Republicans; 6 Machiavellian Virtú and Time; 7 Paradise Lost: Satan as Disappointed Second Son; Two Last Wills and "Reason" as Cover for Insistences; Inter-Chapter Theory Signpost #4; Epilogue: A Humanities-Based Approach to Current U.S. Inheritance Law; Bibliography; Index Summary Reading God's will and a man's Last Will as ideas that reinforce one another, this study shows the relevance of England's early modern crisis, regarding faith in the will of God, to current debates by legal academics on the theory of property and its succession. Vividly treating literary and biblical battles of will, the book suggests new approaches to legal constitution informed by these dramas and by English legal history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Law Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Knowledge -- Law SUBJECT Milton, John, 1608-1674 fast Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast Subject English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Law and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century Law and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century Inheritance and succession in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English literature -- Early modern English literature Inheritance and succession in literature Law Law and literature England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2012025009 ISBN 9781409454854 1409454851 1317116658 9781317116653 1283859955 9781283859950

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