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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465213703321

Autore

Manderson Desmond

Titolo

Kangaroo courts and the rule of law [[electronic resource] ] : the legacy of modernism / / Desmond Manderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

0-203-12363-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

GlassHouse book

Disciplina

340.11

Soggetti

Rule of law - Philosophy

Rule of law in literature

Justice in literature

Derrida, Jacques

Law -- Language

Law and literature

Law and the humanities

Lawrence, D. H. -- (David Herbert), -- 1885-1930. -- Kangaroo

Legal certainty

Rule of law

Law, Politics & Government

English

Languages & Literatures

Law, General & Comparative

English Literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A GlassHouse book."-T.p. verso.

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Irony of Law and Literature""; ""The mimetic fallacy ""; ""The romantic fantasy""; ""Letting modernism happen � at last""; ""3 1922""; ""Modernism and the crisis of modernity""; ""The romantic turn""; ""Carl Schmitt and the



death of the rule of law""; ""4 Enter the Kangaroo""; ""Origin and reception""; ""Introducing Kangaroo""; ""5 The Rule of Law and the Legacy of Modernism""; ""Troubling the rule of law""; ""Two ways to forget history""

""6 How Kangaroo Rewrote Lawrence""""Bakhtin and Lawrence on the ethics of the novel""; ""Text""; ""Texture""; ""7 Reality and Therapy in the Novel""; ""Context: Lawrence�s nightmare and the recovery of memory""; ""Sub-text: The novel as a therapeutic genre""; ""8 Polarity""; ""Antecedents""; ""Analogues""; ""Descendents""; ""9 Thirroul of Law""; ""Narrativity and performativity""; ""Polarity, publicity, and the rule of law""; ""A triangulation""; ""10 Littoral Readings""; ""On the road""; ""On the beach""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""