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[van Dyk states his purpose in essay as an attempt to situate of Orestes in relation to contemporary cultural attitudes to vengeance, justice, and (gendered) subject. My aim is not to collapse historical/literary distinction, but to reveal something about how literature can help us to understand legal subject in late fourteenth century (120-21). Orestes is included in Book III of CA, Book of Wrath (1885-2195), where it appears under sub-section Homicide--a location that, given tale's several threads, has been negatively received by few readers who have commented on it. van Dyk however argues for its coherence, beginning with observation that the conflation of terms 'murder' and 'vengeance' . . . suggests that we have to think of 'homicide' as a broader concept than merely an extra-legal killing (122). He focuses on tale's conclusion, suicide of Egiona, Orestes' step-sister, noting that taking her own life testifies to her loss of legal personhood, and consequently represents her only a
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[van Dyk states his purpose in essay as an attempt to situate of Orestes in relation to contemporary cultural attitudes to vengeance, justice, and (gendered) subject. My aim is not to collapse historical/literary distinction, but to reveal something about how literature can help us to understand legal subject in late fourteenth century (120-21). Orestes is included in Book III of CA, Book of Wrath (1885-2195), where it appears under sub-section Homicide--a location that, given tale's several threads, has been negatively received by few readers who have commented on it. van Dyk however argues for its coherence, beginning with observation that the conflation of terms 'murder' and 'vengeance' . . . suggests that we have to think of 'homicide' as a broader concept than merely an extra-legal killing (122). He focuses on tale's conclusion, suicide of Egiona, Orestes' step-sister, noting that taking her own life testifies to her loss of legal personhood, and consequently represents her only a
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