Criminality and narrative in eighteenth-century England : beyond the law /

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"In Criminality and Narrative in Eighteenth-Century England, Hal Gladfelder shows how the trial report, providence book, criminal biography, and gallows speech came into new commercial prominence and brought into focus what was most disturbing, and most exciting, about contemporary experience....

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gladfelder, Hal
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Temas:
1700-1799
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Crime in literature.
Detective and mystery stories, English > History and criticism.
Literature and society > England > History > 18th century.
Social classes in literature.
Criminals in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Law in literature.
Roman anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Criminalité dans la littérature.
Roman policier anglais > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Classes sociales dans la littérature.
Criminels dans la littérature.
Narration.
Droit dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Crime in literature
Criminals in literature
Detective and mystery stories, English
English fiction
Law in literature
Literature and society
Social classes in literature
Literatur
Verbrechen > Motiv
Kriminalliteratur
Roman
Fictie.
Engels.
Criminaliteit.
Geschichte 1600 > 1800.
Geschichte 1600-1800.
England
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Criminal Representations
  • Chapter One: Constructing the Underworld
  • Chapter Two: Picaresque and Providential Fictions
  • Chapter Three: Crime Reports and Gallows Writing
  • Chapter Four: Criminal Trials
  • Chapter Five: Criminal Biographies
  • Part II: Crime and Identity
  • Chapter Six: Colonel Jackâ€?s Childhood
  • Chapter Seven: Moll Flanders and Her Confederates
  • Chapter Eight: Guilt and the Reader of Roxana
  • Part III: The Judge and the Author
  • Chapter Nine: The Politics and Poetics of Crime and PunishmentChapter Ten: Fielding as Magistrate
  • Chapter Eleven: Amelia
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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