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

Author/creator Grossman, Jonathan H.
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Descriptionxii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

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 telltale evidence -- 6. The Newgate novel and the advent of detective fiction -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index.
LCCN 2001002200
ISBN080186755X (hardback : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR830.L43 G76 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold