LEADER 02794nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910809434803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8018-7787-3 035 $a(CKB)111056486619356 035 $a(OCoLC)70752763 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10021675 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000105817 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11133679 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105817 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10104819 035 $a(PQKB)10505405 035 $a(OCoLC)51493790 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse20138 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3318197 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10021675 035 $a(OCoLC)923191437 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3318197 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486619356 100 $a20010410d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Art of alibi $eEnglish law courts and the novel /$fJonathan H. Grossman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBaltimore, Maryland $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8018-6755-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aWeaving examinations of novels such as William Godwin's Caleb Williams, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, along with a reading of the new Royal Courts of Justice, Grossman charts the exciting changes occurring within the novel, especially crime fiction, that preceded and led to the invention of the detective mystery in the 1840s. 606 $aLegal stories, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCourts in literature 606 $aLaw and literature 606 $aLaw in literature 606 $aLiterary form 615 0$aLegal stories, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCourts in literature. 615 0$aLaw and literature. 615 0$aLaw in literature. 615 0$aLiterary form. 676 $a823.009/355 700 $aGrossman$b Jonathan H$0261129 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809434803321 996 $aThe art of alibi$93996866 997 $aUNINA