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The art of alibi: English law courts and the novel
- Title
- The art of alibi: English law courts and the novel / Jonathan H. Grossman.
- Author
- Grossman, Jonathan H.
- Publication
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 02-13168 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 202 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 02-13168
- ISBN
- 080186755X (hardback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001002200
- OCLC
- 46732371
- Author
- Grossman, Jonathan H.
- Title
- The art of alibi: English law courts and the novel / Jonathan H. Grossman.
- Imprint
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 02-13168