Reading for the law
Krueger, Christine L.
Reading for the law British literary history and gender advocacy / [electronic resource] : Christine L. Krueger. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010. - [xiii], 301 p. - Victorian literature and culture series . - Victorian literature and culture series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
English literature--History and criticism.
Legal stories, English--History and criticism.
Law and literature--History.--Great Britain
Law in literature.
Female offenders in literature.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--Great Britain
Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation--History.--Great Britain
Feminist jurisprudence--Great Britain.
Electronic books.
PR830.L43 / K78 2010
823.009/3554
Reading for the law British literary history and gender advocacy / [electronic resource] : Christine L. Krueger. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010. - [xiii], 301 p. - Victorian literature and culture series . - Victorian literature and culture series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
English literature--History and criticism.
Legal stories, English--History and criticism.
Law and literature--History.--Great Britain
Law in literature.
Female offenders in literature.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--Great Britain
Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation--History.--Great Britain
Feminist jurisprudence--Great Britain.
Electronic books.
PR830.L43 / K78 2010
823.009/3554