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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828617503321

Autore

Gladfelder Hal

Titolo

Criminality and narrative in eighteenth-century England : beyond the law / / Hal Gladfelder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-8018-7565-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

823/.509355

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Crime narratives, he argues, vividly embody the struggles of individuals to define their place in the suddenly unfamiliar world of modernity.