Criminality and narrative in eighteenth-century England : beyond the law / / Hal Gladfelder
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 823/.509355 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Criminality and narrative in eighteenth-century England |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-7565-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828617503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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