- Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 202 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Art of alibi: English law courts and the novel (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Art of alibi: English law courts and the novel (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2001002200
- OCLC
- ssj0000105817
- Author
Grossman, Jonathan H.
- Title
The art of alibi: English law courts and the novel [electronic resource] / Jonathan H. Grossman.
- Imprint
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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