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Russia's legal fictions / Harriet Murav.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murav, Harriet, 1955-
- Series:
- Law, meaning, and violence
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law and literature.
- Russian literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- Russian literature.
- Russian literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1998.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Legal scholars and literary critics have shown the significance of storytelling, not only as part of the courtroom procedure, but as part of the very foundation of law. Russia's Legal Fictions examines the relationship between law, narrative, and authority in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russia, shedding new light on the relationship between law, narrative, and authority.
- The conflict between the Russian writer and the law is a well-known feature of Russian literary life in the past two centuries. In Russia's Legal Fictions, Harriet Murav starts with the authors' own writings about their experience with law and explores the history of these Russian literary trials, including censorship, libel cases, and one case of murder, in their specific historical context, showing how particular aspects of the culture of the time relate to the case.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 0472108794
- 9780472108794
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.15732
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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