Harm's Way Tragic Responsibility and the Novel Form |
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Author:
| Macpherson, Sandra |
ISBN: | 978-1-4214-2901-4 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2019 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $80.99 |
Book Description:
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Sandra Macpherson's groundbreaking study of the rise of the novel connects its form to developments in liability law across the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. In particular, Macpherson argues for a connection to legal principles of strict liability that hold persons accountable for harms inflicted upon others in the absence of intention, ......
Sandra Macpherson's groundbreaking study of the rise of the novel connects its form to developments in liability law across the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. In particular, Macpherson argues for a connection to legal principles of strict liability that hold persons accountable for harms inflicted upon others in the absence of intention, ......