The Art of Alibi : English Law Courts and the Novel /

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"In The Art of Alibi, Jonathan H. Grossman reconstructs the relation of the novel to nineteenth-century law courts. During the Romantic era, courthouses and trial scenes frequently found their way into the plots of English novels. As Grossman states, "by the Victorian period, theses scenes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Grossman, Jonathan H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Literary form.
Legal stories, English.
Law in literature.
Law and literature.
English fiction.
Courts in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Genres litteraires.
Droit dans la litterature.
Droit et litterature.
Tribunaux dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > Histoire et critique.
Roman judiciaire anglais > Histoire et critique.
English fiction > History and criticism.
Legal stories, English > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. From scaffold to law court, from criminal broadsheet and biography to newspaper and novel
  • 2. Caleb williams and the novel's forensic form
  • 3. Mary Shelley's legal frankenstein
  • 4. Victorian courthouse structures, the Pickwick papers
  • 5. Mary Barton's tell-tale evidence
  • 6. The Newgate novel and the advent of detective fiction
  • Conclusion.

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