Cross-Examinations of Law and Literature Cooper, Hawthorne, Stowe, and Melville |
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| Author:
| Thomas, Brook |
| Contribution by:
| Gelpi, Albert
Posnock, Ross |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-40970-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 1991 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $86.95 |
Book Description:
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In Cross Examinations of Law and Literature Brook Thomas uses legal thought and legal practice as a lens through which to read some of the important fictions of antebellum America. The lens reflects both ways, and we learn as much about the literature in the context of contemporary legal concerns as we do about the legal ideologies that the fiction subverts or reveals.
In Cross Examinations of Law and Literature Brook Thomas uses legal thought and legal practice as a lens through which to read some of the important fictions of antebellum America. The lens reflects both ways, and we learn as much about the literature in the context of contemporary legal concerns as we do about the legal ideologies that the fiction subverts or reveals.