Rough justice : essays on crime in literature / edited by M.L. Friedland.

Other author Friedland, Martin L.
Format Book
Publication InfoToronto : University of Toronto Press, ©1991.
Descriptionxxix, 248 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Crime and sin in the Bible / Northrop Frye -- Crime and justice in the Middle Ages : cases from the Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chauceer / Patricia J. Eberle -- A Fair Quarrel (1617), the Duelling Code, and Jacobean Law / Brian Parker -- Criminal elements : Fielding's Jonathan Wild / John D. Baird -- Scott and the law : The Heart of Midlothian / Jane Millgate -- Crime in Our Mutual Friend / John M. Robson -- Oscar Wilde / J.E. Chamberlin -- Undue process : William Faulkner's Sanctuary / Michael Millgate -- Dreiser's An American Tragedy / Barrie Hayne -- On Richard Wright's Native Son / Caesar R. Blake -- Wiebe's real Riel? The Scorched-Wood People and its audience / Dennis Duffy -- Crime in literature : Canadian drama / Ann Saddlemyer -- Detective stories : some notes on Fingerprints / Josef Skvorecky.
General noteBased on presentations given by professors of English literature from the University of Toronto in a law school seminar at the University.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCNcn 91093694
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