Grossman, Jonathan H.
The art of alibi: English law courts and the novel / Jonathan H. Grossman - Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002 - xii, 202 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. NFIC
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index.
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.
080186755X (hardback : alk. paper)
2001002200
Legal stories, English--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.
Courts in literature.
Law and literature.
Law in literature.
Literary form.
PR830.L43 / G76 2002
823.009/355
The art of alibi: English law courts and the novel / Jonathan H. Grossman - Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002 - xii, 202 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. NFIC
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index.
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.
080186755X (hardback : alk. paper)
2001002200
Legal stories, English--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.
Courts in literature.
Law and literature.
Law in literature.
Literary form.
PR830.L43 / G76 2002
823.009/355