The art of alibi [[electronic resource] ] : 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 [[electronic resource] ] : English law courts and the novel / / Jonathan H. Grossman
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, Maryland, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002 |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The art of alibi |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-7787-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780192103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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