The art of alibi: English law courts and the novel
by Jonathan H. Grossman
"In The Art of Alibi, Jonathan H. Grossman reconstructs the relation of the novel to nineteenth-century law courts. During the Romantic era, courthouses and trial scenes frequently found their way into the plots of English novels.
As Grossman states, "by the Victorian period, theses scenes represented a powerful intersection of narrative form with a complementary and competing structure for storytelling." He argues that the courts, newly fashioned as a site in which to orchestrate voices and reconstruct stories, arose as a cultural presence influencing the shape of the English novel.".
"Weaving examinations of novels such as William Godwin's Caleb Williams, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Charles Dicknens's The Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, along with a reading of the new Royal Courts of Justice, Grossman charts the exciting changes occurring within the novel, especially crime fiction, that preceded and led to the invention of the detective mystery in the 1840s."--BOOK JACKET.
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Courts in literature, English Legal stories, English fiction, History and criticism, Law and literature, Law in literature, Literary form, English fiction, history and criticism, Roman judiciaire anglais, Histoire et critique, Roman anglais, Tribunaux dans la littérature, Droit et littérature, Droit dans la littérature, Genres littéraires, LITERARY CRITICISM, European, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh| Edition | Availability |
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The art of alibi: English law courts and the novel
2002, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
080186755X 9780801867552
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-196) and index.
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