The transatlantic gothic novel and the law, 1790-1860 /
Tracing the use of legal themes in the gothic novel, Bridget M. Marshall shows novelists like William Godwin, Mary Shelley, Charles Brockden Brown, and Hannah Crafts questioning the foundations of the Anglo-American justice system. Often invoking actual laws like the Black Act in England or the Fugi...
| Основен автор: | Marshall, Bridget M. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=390022 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Transatlantic gothic novel and the law, 1790-1860. |
| Резюме: |
Tracing the use of legal themes in the gothic novel, Bridget M. Marshall shows novelists like William Godwin, Mary Shelley, Charles Brockden Brown, and Hannah Crafts questioning the foundations of the Anglo-American justice system. Often invoking actual laws like the Black Act in England or the Fugitive Slave Act in America, gothic novels connect the genre's fantastic horrors with much more shocking examples of terror and injustice like American slavery. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (viii, 190 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781409419655 1409419657 9780754669951 0754669955 1282948369 9781282948365 |