Conceptualizing the curse as the representation of a
foundational, mythical violence that is embedded within juridical
discourse, Shakespeare s Curse: The Aporias of Ritual Exclusion in
Early Modern Royal Drama pursues a reading of Richard III, King
John, and King Lear in order to analyse the persistence of
imprecations in the discourses of modernity. Shakespeare wrote
during a period that was transformative in the development of
juridical thinking. However, taking up the relationship between
theater, theology and law, Bjorn Quiring argues that the curse was
not eliminated from legal discourses during this modernization of
jurisprudence; rather, it persisted and to this day continues to
haunt numerous speech acts. Drawing on the work of Derrida, Lacan,
Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben, among others, Quiring analyses
the performativity of the curse, and tracks its power through the
juristic themes that are pursued within Shakespeare s plays such as
sovereignty, legitimacy, succession, obligation, exception, and
natural law. Thus, this book provides an original and important
insight into early modern legal developments, as well as a fresh
perspective on some of Shakespeare s best known works.
A fascinating interdisciplinary study, this book will interest
students and scholars of Law, Literature, and History.
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