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Memory, imagination, justice : intersections of law and literature / David Gurnham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gurnham, David.
- Series:
- Law, justice, and power
- Law, justice, and power series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law and literature.
- Law in literature.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 215 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., [2009]
- Contents:
- "My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!" Hamlet, hot blood and malice aforethought
- "She has her just deserts by your unjust act" : revenge and the (im)possibility of a just cause for provoked killing
- "Abandon every hope all you who enter" : punishment, communication and the longevity of the whole life sentence
- "What sharp teeth you have, grandmother!" : songs of innocence and experience
- Innocence, the image and the unseen paedophile : spotting indecency in images of children
- "I must not let anyone in : the seven dwarfs have forbidden me to do so" : the violence of innocence
- "What they are, yet I know not : but they shall be the terrors of the earth" : nightmares of science/fiction
- Science fiction and the sadness of biotechnology : deconstructing conservative nostalgia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780754671039
- 0754671038
- 9780754691075
- 0754691071
- OCLC:
- 301706063
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