In England, in late seventeenth century, writers including John Milton, John Dryden, and Aphra Behn imagined serious literature as an instrument for change. In Lines of Equity, Elliott Visconsi reveals how these writers fictionalized the original utterance of laws. more...
"Measure for Measure: No Remedy," in Approaches to Teaching Law & Literature, eds. Matthew Anderson, Cathrine Frank, and Austin Sarat (New York: Modern Language Association, in press and forthcoming Fall 2008)
Just wanted to congratulate you on your appointment here at Notre Dame, and to tell you I look forward to visiting with you more and becoming further acquainted with your work!
Elliott Visconsi specializes in the literature, law, and political thought of seventeenth century England, with special emphasis on the Restoration period. He is concerned broadly with the nexus of literary and legal thinking, including the manner in which literary texts work as constitutional commentary and public political education in early modern England and the Americas. more...
Just wanted to congratulate you on your appointment here at Notre Dame, and to tell you I look forward to visiting with you more and becoming further acquainted with your work!