State, Trust, and Corporation

by Frederic William Maitland

2003 · Cambridge University Press

Maitland's late, great essays on the historical origins of the state are collected in this volume. They contain a series of profound insights into the way the character of the state has been shaped by the non-political associations that exist alongside it - matters of continuing relevance today.

Fathers and Sons in Shakespeare

by Frederic B. Tromly

2010 · University of Toronto Press

Introduction : interpreting Shakespeare's sons : ambivalence, rescue, and revenge -- Paternal authority and filial autonomy in Shakespeare's England -- Henry VI, part one : prototypical beginnings : the two John Talbots -- Richard II : patrilineal inheritance and the generation gap -- Henry IV, part one : Deep defiance and the rebel prince -- Henry IV, part two : the prince becomes the king, with a note on Henry V -- Hamlet : notes from the underground : paternal and filial subterfuge -- King Lear : the usurpation of fathers, and of fathers and sons -- Macbeth and the late plays : the disappearance of ambivalent sons -- Biographical coda : William Shakespeare, son of John Shakespeare -- Appendix 1 : Shakespearean fathers and sons in Edward III -- Appendix 2 : Thomas Plume's anecdote : the merry-cheeked, jest-cracking John Shakespeare, Sir John Mennes, and Sir John Falstaff