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British literary history and gender advocacy

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British literary history and gender advocacy

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University of Virginia Press
Language
English
Pages
301

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Subjects

Law in literature, Law and legislation, English literature, History and criticism, Feminist jurisprudence, Sex discrimination against women, English Legal stories, Female offenders in literature, Law and literature, History, Legal status, laws, Women, English literature, history and criticism, Women, legal status, laws, etc., Women, great britain

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Great Britain

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-298) and index.

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Charlottesville, Va
Series
Victorian literature and culture series, Victorian literature and culture series

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Dewey Decimal Class
823.009/3554
Library of Congress
PR830.L43 K78 2010, PR830.L43K78 2010

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Pagination
[xiii], 301 p. ;
Number of pages
301

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OL24520250M
ISBN 10
0813928931, 0813928974
ISBN 13
9780813928937, 9780813928975
LCCN
2009032569
OCLC/WorldCat
430816164

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