The art of alibi: English law courts and the novel /
"In The Art of Alibi, Jonathan H. Grossman reconstructs the relation of the novel to nineteenth-century law courts. During the Romantic era, courthouses and trial scenes frequently found their way into the plots of English novels. As Grossman states, "by the Victorian period, theses scenes...
| Основен автор: | Grossman, Jonathan H. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2002.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=75861 |
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Print version::
Art of alibi: English law courts and the novel. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction
- 1. From scaffold to law court, from criminal broadsheet and biography to newspaper and novel
- 2. Caleb williams and the novel's forensic form
- 3. Mary Shelley's legal frankenstein
- 4. Victorian courthouse structures, the Pickwick papers
- 5. Mary Barton's tell-tale evidence
- 6. The Newgate novel and the advent of detective fiction
- Conclusion.