Reading for the law British literary history and gender advocacy / Christine L. Krueger.

SeriesVictorian literature and culture series
Victorian literature and culture series. ^A254898
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-298) and index.
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LCCN 2009032569
ISBN9780813928937 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0813928931 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813928975 (e-book)
ISBN0813928974 (e-book)

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