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

"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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Autor principal: Kalsem, Kristin, 1962-
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2012]
Col·lecció:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Taula de continguts:
  • 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.