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Reading for the law : British literary history and gender advocacy

Record Type:	Electronic resources : monographic
Title Information:	British literary history and gender advocacy
Author:	KruegerChristine L,
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Project Muse
Place of Publication:	Charlottesville, Va.
Published:	University of Virginia Press;
Year of Publication:	2010
Description:	1 online resource ([xiii], 301 p.).
Series:	Victorian literature and culture series
Subject:	Feminist jurisprudence - Great Britain -
Subject:	Sex discrimination against women - Law and legislation - Great Britain -
Subject:	Women - Legal status, laws, etc. - Great Britain -
Subject:	Female offenders in literature -
Subject:	Law in literature -
Subject:	Law and literature - History - Great Britain -
Subject:	Legal stories, English - History and criticism -
Subject:	English literature - History and criticism -
Online resource:	http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813928975/
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-298) and index
ISBN:	9780813928975electronic bk.
ISBN:	0813928974electronic bk.
ISBN:	9780813928937hbk.
ISBN:	0813928931hbk.
Content Note:	Introduction : Theory, advocacy, and history -- Historiographies of witchcraft for feminist advocacy : historical justice in Elizabeth Gaskell's Lois the witch -- Witchcraft precedents as literary history : from The discoverie of witchcraft to Sir Matthew Hale -- The historical turn in witchcraft literature : from Enlightenment historiography to historical realism -- Theories and histories of agency : Mary Wollstonecraft's narrative of the reasonable woman -- Agency, equity, publicity : compos mentis in Charles Reade's Hard cash and lunacy commission reports -- Gendered credibility : testimony in fiction and indecent assault -- Women's legal literacy and pro se representation : from Griffith Gaunt to Georgina Weldon -- Concealing women's mens rea: advocacy for female prisoners and infanticidal mothers -- The secret agency of juries : forging resistance against sodomy prosecution

Reading for the law : British literary history and gender advocacy
Krueger, Christine L

Reading for the law : British literary history and gender advocacy / Christine L. Krueger - Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Press, 2010. - 1 online resource ([xiii], 301 p.).. - (Victorian literature and culture series).
Introduction : Theory, advocacy, and history -- Historiographies of witchcraft for feminist advocacy : historical justice in Elizabeth Gaskell's Lois the witch -- Witchcraft precedents as literary history : from The discoverie of witchcraft to Sir Matthew Hale -- The historical turn in witchcraft literature : from Enlightenment historiography to historical realism -- Theories and histories of agency : Mary Wollstonecraft's narrative of the reasonable woman -- Agency, equity, publicity : compos mentis in Charles Reade's Hard cash and lunacy commission reports -- Gendered credibility : testimony in fiction and indecent assault -- Women's legal literacy and pro se representation : from Griffith Gaunt to Georgina Weldon -- Concealing women's mens rea: advocacy for female prisoners and infanticidal mothers -- The secret agency of juries : forging resistance against sodomy prosecution.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-298) and index.
ISBN 9780813928975ISBN 0813928974ISBN 9780813928937ISBN 0813928931
Feminist jurisprudenceSex discrimination against womenWomenFemale offenders in literatureLaw in literatureLaw and literatureLegal stories, EnglishEnglish literature -- Law and legislation -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- History and criticism -- History and criticism -- Great Britain -- Great Britain -- Great Britain -- Great Britain

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