Justice, women, and power in English Renaissance drama [electronic resource] / edited by Andrew Majeske and Emily Detmer-Goebel.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-183) and index.

Performative subversions: Portia, language, and the law in the merchant of Venice / Andrew Majeske and Emily Detmer-Goebel -- Proceed in justice: narratives of marital betrayal in the winter's tale / Kathryn R. Finin -- Poisoned justice: passion and politics in the winter's tale / Cristina Leon Alfar -- The trials of Mary Stuart: anxious circulations in John Webster's drama / Catherine E. Thomas -- Forensic performances: evidentiary narrative in Arden of Faversham / Carol Blessing -- Shakespeare's bed-tricks: finding justice in lies? / Cheryl Dudgeon -- What is yours is mine: sexual and social complementarity in the trial scenes of measure for measure / Emily Detmer-Goebel -- Striking a deal: Portia's trial strategy in Shakespeare's merchant of Venice / David Evett.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.