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Autore |
Grossman Jonathan H |
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Titolo |
The Art of alibi [[electronic resource] ] : English law courts and the novel / / Jonathan H. Grossman |
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Baltimore, Maryland, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Legal stories, English - History and criticism |
English fiction - History and criticism |
Courts in literature |
Law and literature |
Law in literature |
Literary form |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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