Revenge versus legality wild justice from Balzac to Clint Eastwood and Abu Ghraib /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Maynard, Katherine Kearney, 1953-
Other Authors: Kearney, Jarod, Guimond, James
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Vigilantes.
Rule of law.
Terrorism > Prevention.
Revenge.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Revenge and the detective tradition : when dogs don't bark, and detectives don't tell
  • Some like it wild : supernatural revenge in Sheridan Le Fanu's Mr. Justice / Harbottle
  • Law and the romantic ego : conspiracy and justice in Honoré de Balzac's Le Père Goriot
  • Justice, race, and revenge in Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson
  • The empire strikes back : imperialism and justice in E.M. Forster's A passage to India
  • Race, sex, fear, revenge in Richard Wright's Native son
  • State terrorism and revenge in Andre Brink's A dry white season
  • Rogue cops and beltway vigilantes.

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