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In Contempt : Nineteenth-Century Women, Law, and Literature /
"In Contempt: Nineteenth-Century Women, Law, and Literature, by Kristin Kalsem, explores the legal advocacy performed by nineteenth-century women writers in publications of nonfiction and fiction, as well as in real-life courtrooms and in the legal forum provided by the novel form. The nineteen...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbus :
The Ohio State University Press,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. Narrative advocacy, outlaw texts, and nineteenth-century Portias
- A novel approach to feminist jurisprudence : narrating the gothic reality of coverture
- Legislative histories and literary herstories : infanticide, bastardy, and the "lewd woman"
- Birth control on trial : law, literature, and libel
- Sitting in judgment : a cross-examination of women, law, and empire
- Appealing women : late-century publication of private wrongs.