Outlaws and spies : legal exclusion in law and literature /

Conor McCarthy shows how outlaw literature and espionage literature critique the use of legal exclusion as a means of supporting state power. Texts discussed range from the medieval Robin Hood ballads, Shakespeare's history plays and the Ned Kelly story to John le Carré, Don DeLillo, Ciaran Ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCarthy, Conor (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
Series:Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities.
Subjects:
Law and literature.
Outlaws in literature.
Espionage in literature.
Droit et littérature.
Hors-la-loi dans la littérature.
Espionnage dans la littérature.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
Espionage in literature
Law and literature
Outlaws in literature
Social services & welfare, criminology.
True Crime.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Outside the Law in the Middle Ages; 2. Sovereign Outlaws: Shakespeare's Second Tetralogy; 3. The Endurance of Exclusion: Versions of Ned Kelly; 4. 'We're not policemen': Espionage and Law in John le Carré; 5. 'All plots tend to move deathward': Plots and Consequences in Don DeLillo; 6. Unanswered Questions: Ciaran Carson; 7. Contesting the Virtual: William Gibson; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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