Shakespeare's Acts of will : law, testament and properties of performance /: law, testament and properties of performance. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gary Watt.
• Other Names: Watt, Gary
• Contents: FC; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 'Performance is a kind of will or testament'; 2 Handling tradition: Testament as trade in Richard II and King John; 3 Worlds of will in As You Like It and The Merchant of Venice; 4 'Shall I descend?': Rhetorical stasis and moving will in Julius Caesar; 5 'His will is not his own': Hamlet downcast and the problem of performance; 6 From dust to dust and sealing wax: The materials of testamentary performance; Notes; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 287 pages)
• Subjects: 822.3/3; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English language -- Early modern -- Rhetoric; Language and languages; Literary Criticism -- Shakespeare; Drama -- Shakespeare; Shakespeare studies & criticism; English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Rhetoric; Electronic books; Knowledge -- Language and languages
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1474217877; 9781474217873; 9781474217866; 1474217869
• Related ISBNs: 1474217850; 9781474217859
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.