Law and Literature: Possibilities and Perspectives - Brossura

Ward, Ian

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ISBN 10: 0521058503 ISBN 13: 9780521058506

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

The emergence of an interdisciplinary study of law and literature is one of the most exciting theoretical developments taking place in North America and Britain. In Law and Literature: Possibilities and Perspectives Ian Ward explores the educative ambitions of the law and literature movement, and its already established critical, ethical and political potential. He reveals the law in literature, and the literature of law, in key areas of literature, from Shakespeare to Beatrix Potter to Umberto Eco, and from feminist literature to children's literature to the modern novel, drawing out the interaction between rape law and The Handmaid's Tale, and the psychology of English property law and The Tale of Peter Rabbit. This original book defines the developing state of law and literature studies, and demonstrates how the theory of law and literature can illuminate the literary text.

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Recensione:

"...Ward does an extremely credible job of canvassing the field....Ward has made a valuable contribution to the literature, providing a landing upon which one can rest before continuing the ascent." Steven Richman, American Book Review

"As an overview of and introduction to contemporary controversies Ward does admirably well..." Harvard Review

Descrizione del libro:

The emergence of an interdiscplinary study of law and literature is one of the most exciting theoretical developments taking place in North America and Britain. This original book defines the developing state of law and literature studies, and demonstrates how the theory of law and literature illuminates the literary text.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521058503
• ISBN 13: 9780521058506
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 280