The Resource Reading for the law : British literary history and gender advocacy, Christine L. Krueger, (electronic resource)
Reading for the law : British literary history and gender advocacy, Christine L. Krueger, (electronic resource)
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- [xiii], 301 p.
- Contents
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- 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
- Label
- Reading for the law : British literary history and gender advocacy
- Title
- Reading for the law
- Title remainder
- British literary history and gender advocacy
- Statement of responsibility
- Christine L. Krueger
- Subject
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- Law and literature -- Great Britain -- History
- Feminist jurisprudence -- Great Britain
- Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain -- History
- Female offenders in literature
- Legal stories, English -- History and criticism
- Law in literature
- Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- History
- English literature -- History and criticism
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- MiAaPQ
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Victorian literature and culture series
- Label
- Reading for the law : British literary history and gender advocacy, Christine L. Krueger, (electronic resource)
- Link
- http://libproxy.rpi.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/connectny/detail.action?docID=3443939
- Related Subjects
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- Law and literature -- Great Britain -- History
- Feminist jurisprudence -- Great Britain
- Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain -- History
- Female offenders in literature
- Legal stories, English -- History and criticism
- Law in literature
- Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- History
- English literature -- History and criticism
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- 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
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- unknown
- http://library.link/vocab/discovery_link
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- Extent
- [xiii], 301 p.
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- Specific material designation
- remote
Subject
- English literature -- History and criticism
- Female offenders in literature
- Feminist jurisprudence -- Great Britain
- Law and literature -- Great Britain -- History
- Law in literature
- Legal stories, English -- History and criticism
- Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- History
- Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain -- History
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