The Art of alibi : English law courts and the novel / / Jonathan H. Grossman
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| Autore: |
Grossman Jonathan H
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| Titolo: |
The Art of alibi : English law courts and the novel / / Jonathan H. Grossman
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, Maryland, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 823.009/355 |
| Soggetto topico: | Legal stories, English - History and criticism |
| English fiction - History and criticism | |
| Courts in literature | |
| Law and literature | |
| Law in literature | |
| Literary form | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Weaving 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The art of alibi |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-7787-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809434803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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