In Contempt : Nineteenth-Century Women, Law, and Literature /

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"In Contempt: Nineteenth-Century Women, Law, and Literature, by Kristin Kalsem, explores the legal advocacy performed by nineteenth-century women writers in publications of nonfiction and fiction, as well as in real-life courtrooms and in the legal forum provided by the novel form. The nineteen...

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Main Author: Kalsem, Kristin, 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women's rights in literature.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Women in literature.
Literature, Modern.
Law in literature.
Feminist jurisprudence.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Droit dans la litterature.
Litterature > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Feminisme et droit.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 19th century.
Literature, Modern > 19th century > History and criticism.
Critiques litteraires.
Literary criticism.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Narrative advocacy, outlaw texts, and nineteenth-century Portias
  • A novel approach to feminist jurisprudence : narrating the gothic reality of coverture
  • Legislative histories and literary herstories : infanticide, bastardy, and the "lewd woman"
  • Birth control on trial : law, literature, and libel
  • Sitting in judgment : a cross-examination of women, law, and empire
  • Appealing women : late-century publication of private wrongs.

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