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Autore |
Gladfelder Hal |
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Titolo |
Criminality and narrative in eighteenth-century England : beyond the law / / Hal Gladfelder |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism |
Crime in literature |
Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism |
Literature and society - England - History - 18th century |
Social classes in literature |
Criminals in literature |
Narration (Rhetoric) |
Law in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Criminal Representations -- Chapter One: Constructing the Underworld -- Chapter Two: Picaresque and Providential Fictions -- Chapter Three: Crime Reports and Gallows Writing -- Chapter Four: Criminal Trials -- Chapter Five: Criminal Biographies -- Part II: Crime and Identity -- Chapter Six: Colonel Jack's Childhood -- Chapter Seven: Moll Flanders and Her Confederates -- Chapter Eight: Guilt and the Reader of Roxana -- Part III: The Judge and the Author -- Chapter Nine: The Politics and Poetics of Crime and Punishment -- Chapter Ten: Fielding as Magistrate -- Chapter Eleven: Amelia -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Crime narratives, he argues, vividly embody the struggles of individuals to define their place in the suddenly unfamiliar world of modernity. |
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