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Testimony and advocacy in Victorian law, literature, and theology [[electronic resource] /] / Jan-Melissa Schramm
| Testimony and advocacy in Victorian law, literature, and theology [[electronic resource] /] / Jan-Melissa Schramm |
| Autore | Schramm Jan-Melissa |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/355 |
| Collana | Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Law and literature English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Evidence, Criminal, in literature Witnesses in literature Theology in literature Trials in literature Narration (Rhetoric) |
| ISBN |
0-511-04945-5
0-511-15103-9 0-511-01006-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Series-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Definition of legal terms""; ""Introduction: justice and the impulse to narrate""; ""LAW, LITERATURE, AND THE MANIPULATION OF EVIDENCE""; ""FICTION AND THE REPRESENTATION OF LAW AND RELIGION""; ""INFERENCE AND NARRATIVE""; ""CHAPTER 1 Eye-witness testimony and the construction of narrative""; ""EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EVIDENTIARY APOLOGETICS""; ""THE IMPACT OF GERMAN HIGHER CRITICISM ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE EYE-WITNESS""
""TOWARDS AN ADVERSARIAL CRIMINAL TRIAL""""EYE-WITNESS TESTIMONY AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE""; ""CHAPTER 2 The origins of the novel and the genesis of the law of evidence""; ""�THE CHAPTER OF EVIDENCE IS THE MAIN BUSINESS�: FIELDING AND THE SUPERIORITY OF SWORN TESTIMONY""; ""�AN HONEST ARTESSNESS IN THE STORY�: CLARISSA AND THE GENDERED COMPETITION FOR CREDIBILITY""; ""�TRUSTING YOUR VINDICATION TO THE PLAUSIBILITY OF YOUR TALE�: CALEB WILLIAMS AND FICTIONS OF SELF-DEFENCE""; ""SINCERITY AND ROLE OF THE OATH IN THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN"" ""CHAPTER 3 Criminal advocacy and Victorian realism""""THE ENACTMENT OF THE PRISONERS� COUNCEL ACT""; ""DICKENS AND THE BAR""; ""�WORK�UNFIT FOR A GENTLEMAN�: DICKENS, TROLLOPE, AND �MANUMISSION OF MURDERERS�""; ""GEORGE ELIOT AND THE PRESENTATION OF UNSWORN EVIDENCE""; ""DICKENS, STEPHEN, AND THE EXCLUSION OF EVIDENCE""; ""REALISM IN THE COURTROOM: TRANSPARENT NARRATION AND THE SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE""; ""CHAPTER 4 The martyr as witness: inspirration and the appeal to intuition""; ""�IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU IN THAT HOUR WHAT TO SPEAK�: NEWMAN AND THE TRIALS OF THE FAITHFUL"" ""�THE LIGHT I SAW WAS THE TRUE LIGHT�: THE CONFESSIONS OF SAVONAROLA""""Conclusion""; ""IS TESTIMONY A SPECIES OF EVIDENCE?""; ""WHY IS THE EVIDENTIARY STATUS OF TESTIMONY IMPORTANT? LAW, LITERATURE, AND THE COMPETITION TO CONTROL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE�""; ""GUILT, INNOCENCE, AND THE 'GOLDEN THREAD� OF THE ENGLISH COMMON LAW""; ""Notes""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1 EYE-WITNESS TESTIMONY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NARRATIVE""; ""2 THE ORIGINS OF THE NOVEL AND THE GENESIS OF THE LAW OF EVIDENCE""; ""3 CRIMINAL ADVOCACY AND VICTORIAN REALISM"" ""4 THE MARTYR AS WITNESS: INSPIRATION AND THE APPEAL TO INTUITION""""CONCLUSION""; ""Bibliography""; ""PRIMARY SOURCES""; ""Books, artical, and newspappers""; ""Cases""; ""Statutes""; ""SECONDARY SOURCES""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808763303321 |
Schramm Jan-Melissa
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| Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
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