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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136237303321

Titolo

Fatal fictions : crime and investigation in law and literature / / edited by Alison L. LaCroix, Richard H. McAdams and Martha C. Nussbaum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-19-065034-6

0-19-061080-8

0-19-061079-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

809.933554

Soggetti

Law in literature

Law and literature

Crime in literature

Legal stories - History and criticism

Justice, Administration of, in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Lawyers and fiction writers have always confronted crime and punishment. This age-old fascination with crime on the part of both authors and readers is not surprising, given that criminal justice touches on so many political and psychological themes essential to literature, and comes equipped with a trial process that contains its own dramatic structure. This essay collection explores this profound and enduring literary engagement with crime and criminal justice.