Reading for the law [[electronic resource] ] : British literary history and gender advocacy / / Christine L. Krueger

• Autore: Krueger Christine L
• Pubblicazione: Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 823.009/3554
• Soggetto topico: English literature - History and criticism; Legal stories, English - History and criticism; Law and literature - Great Britain - History; Law in literature; Female offenders in literature; Women - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain - History; Sex discrimination against women - Law and legislation - Great Britain - History; Feminist jurisprudence - Great Britain
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : Theory, advocacy, and history -- Historiographies of witchcraft for feminist advocacy : historical justice in Elizabeth Gaskell's Lois the witch -- Witchcraft precedents as literary history : from The discoverie of witchcraft to Sir Matthew Hale -- The historical turn in witchcraft literature : from Enlightenment historiography to historical realism -- Theories and histories of agency : Mary Wollstonecraft's narrative of the reasonable woman -- Agency, equity, publicity : compos mentis in Charles Reade's Hard cash and lunacy commission reports -- Gendered credibility : testimony in fiction and indecent assault -- Women's legal literacy and pro se representation : from Griffith Gaunt to Georgina Weldon -- Concealing women's mens rea: advocacy for female prisoners and infanticidal mothers -- The secret agency of juries : forging resistance against sodomy prosecution.
• Titolo autorizzato: Reading for the law
• ISBN: 1-280-49069-1; 9786613585929; 0-8139-2897-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781643503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Victorian literature and culture series.