02394nam 2200649Ia 450 991078019210332120220609221340.00-8018-7787-3(CKB)111056486619356(OCoLC)70752763(CaPaEBR)ebrary10021675(SSID)ssj0000105817(PQKBManifestationID)11133679(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105817(PQKBWorkID)10104819(PQKB)10505405(OCoLC)51493790(MdBmJHUP)muse20138(Au-PeEL)EBL3318197(CaPaEBR)ebr10021675(OCoLC)923191437(MiAaPQ)EBC3318197(EXLCZ)9911105648661935620010410d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe art of alibi[electronic resource] English law courts and the novel /Jonathan H. GrossmanBaltimore, Maryland Johns Hopkins University Press20021 online resource (217 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-6755-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index.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.Legal stories, EnglishHistory and criticismEnglish fictionHistory and criticismCourts in literatureLaw and literatureLaw in literatureLiterary formLegal stories, EnglishHistory and criticism.English fictionHistory and criticism.Courts in literature.Law and literature.Law in literature.Literary form.823.009/355Grossman Jonathan H261129MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780192103321The art of alibi3804988UNINA