Law, Language, and Anxiety in Shakespeare
Law, Language, and Anxiety in Shakespeare
Author(s): Nóra PethőSubject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Communication studies, Pragmatics, Drama, British Literature, Administrative Law, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: Shakespeare; law; emotion and affect; legal consciousness; early modern English popular culture; interpretation; pragmatics; critical discourse analysis; conceptual metaphor theory
Summary/Abstract: Drawing on examples from Shakespearean drama, and by combining a linguistic focus with an inquiry into emotions and affect, the present writing identifies the ‘lack of control over meaning’ as one of the crucial points in forming early modern English popular fears of law.
Journal: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 23-40
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
