The art of alibi: English law courts and the novel / Jonathan H. Grossman.

Author/creator Grossman, Jonathan H.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Descriptionxii, 202 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2001002200
ISBN080186755X (hardback : alk. paper)

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