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LEADER: 01621cam a2200325 a 4500
001 2001002200
003 DLC
005 20041112211719.0
008 010410s2002 mdua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2001002200
020 $a080186755X (hardback : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $ae-uk---
050 00 $aPR830.L43$bG76 2002
082 00 $a823.009/355
100 1 $aGrossman, Jonathan H.
245 14 $aThe art of alibi: English law courts and the novel /$cJonathan H. Grossman.
260 $aBaltimore, Maryland :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2002
300 $axii, 202 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 1. From scaffold to law court, from criminal broadsheet and biography to newspaper and novel -- 2. Caleb williams and the novel's forensic form -- 3. Mary Shelley's legal frankenstein -- 4. Victorian courthouse structures, the Pickwick papers -- 5. Mary Barton's tell-tale evidence -- 6. The Newgate novel and the advent of detective fiction -- Conclusion.
650 0 $aLegal stories, English$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aCourts in literature.
650 0 $aLaw and literature.
650 0 $aLaw in literature.
650 0 $aLiterary form.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu051/2001002200.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/2001002200.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy033/2001002200.html