Shifting the blame : literature, law, and the theory of accidents in nineteenth-century America /

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Drawing on legal cases, legal debates, and fiction including works by James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, and Charles Chesnutt, Nan Goodman investigates changing notions of responsibility and agency in nineteenth-century America. By looking at accidents and accident law in the industri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goodman, Nan, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
Temas:
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Accidents in literature.
Accident law > United States > History > 19th century.
Legal stories, American > History and criticism.
Law and literature > History > 19th century.
Negligence in literature.
Responsibility in literature.
Blame in literature.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Accidents dans la littérature.
Accidents > Droit > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Roman judiciaire américain > Histoire et critique.
Droit et littérature > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Négligence (Droit) dans la littérature.
Responsabilité dans la littérature.
Blâme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Accident law.
American literature.
Law and literature.
Legal stories, American.
Verkehrsunfall
Verantwortung
Verantwortlichkeit
Recht
Literatur
Geschichte 1800-1900.
United States.
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A clear showing: The problem of fault in James Fenimore Cooper's The Pioneers
  • Negligence before the mast: ship collisions and the nautical literature of the mid-nineteenth century
  • "Nobody to blame": Steamboat accidents and responsibility in Twain
  • The law of the good samaritan: Cross-racial rescue in Stephen Crane and Charles Chesnutt
  • Stop, Look, and Listen: the signs and signals of the railroad accident.

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