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UNINA9910456900403321 |
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Autore |
Krueger Christine L |
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Titolo |
Reading for the law [[electronic resource] ] : British literary history and gender advocacy / / Christine L. Krueger |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2010 |
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1-280-49069-1 |
9786613585929 |
0-8139-2897-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Collana |
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Victorian literature and culture series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - History and criticism |
Legal stories, English - History and criticism |
Law and literature - Great Britain - History |
Law in literature |
Female offenders in literature |
Women - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain - History |
Sex discrimination against women - Law and legislation - Great Britain - History |
Feminist jurisprudence - Great Britain |
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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : Theory, advocacy, and history -- Historiographies of witchcraft for feminist advocacy : historical justice in Elizabeth Gaskell's Lois the witch -- Witchcraft precedents as literary history : from The discoverie of witchcraft to Sir Matthew Hale -- The historical turn in witchcraft literature : from Enlightenment historiography to historical realism -- Theories and histories of agency : Mary Wollstonecraft's narrative of the reasonable woman -- Agency, equity, publicity : compos mentis in Charles Reade's Hard cash and lunacy commission reports -- Gendered credibility : testimony in fiction and indecent assault -- Women's legal literacy and pro se representation : from Griffith Gaunt to Georgina Weldon -- Concealing women's mens rea: advocacy for female prisoners and infanticidal mothers -- The secret |
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