Criminality and narrative in eighteenth-century England : beyond the law / Hal Gladfelder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gladfelder, Hal.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Crime in literature.

Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories, English.

Literature and society--England--History--18th century.

Literature and society.

Social classes in literature.

Criminals in literature.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Law in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Crime narratives, he argues, vividly embody the struggles of individuals to define their place in the suddenly unfamiliar world of modernity.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part 1: Criminal Representations

Chapter One: Constructing the Underworld

Chapter Two: Picaresque and Providential Fictions

Chapter Three: Crime Reports and Gallows Writing

Chapter Four: Criminal Trials

Chapter Five: Criminal Biographies

Part II: Crime and Identity

Chapter Six: Colonel Jack's Childhood

Chapter Seven: Moll Flanders and Her Confederates

Chapter Eight: Guilt and the Reader of Roxana

Part III: The Judge and the Author

Chapter Nine: The Politics and Poetics of Crime and Punishment

Chapter Ten: Fielding as Magistrate

Chapter Eleven: Amelia

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-7565-X

OCLC:

658112465