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Law and Literature : the Irish Case / edited by Adam Hanna and Eugene McNulty.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Liverpool scholarship online.
- Liverpool scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (312 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool, England : Liverpool University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- 'Law and Literature' is a collection of fascinating essays by literary and legal scholars which explore the intersections between law and literature in Ireland from the eighteenth century to the present day. Sharing a concern for the cultural life of law and the legal life of culture, the contributors shine a light on the ways in which the legal and the literary have spoken to each other, of each other, and, at times, for each other, on the island of Ireland in the last three centuries.
- Contents:
- Proem: 'Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, 2013' Julie MorrissyIntroduction: Law and Literature / The Irish Case Adam Hanna and Eugene McNultyOpening Argument: Interpretation in Law and Literature Tom Hickey and David Kenny Part I: Alternative Jurisdictions 1. Saying Unsaid: Law Transformed in Annemarie Ní Churreáin's Bloodroot (2017)Adam Gearey2. Laughter Before the Law: Censorship, Caricature and Hunger Strike in Modern Irish Literature and Art Barry Sheils3. Citizenship and Connection in Doireann Ní Ghríofa's Clasp (2015) Adam Hanna 4. Writing Law(lessness): Legal Pluralism and Narrative Structure in Emily Lawless's Hurrish (1886). Heather Laird Part II: The Writer in Court 5. Imagination versus the Law: Oscar Wilde Noreen Doody6. Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum - Revisiting the Wildes on Trial Gearóid O'Flaherty 7. World War II Treason Trials and the Legacy of Irish Rebellion in Rebecca West's The Meaning of Treason (1948) Katherine Ebury8. Legible Letters: The Cases of Patrick Pearse and the 'English' Alphabet Colum Kenny Part III: The Court in Writing 9. Through a Legal Looking-Glass: Maria Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent (1800) and the LawMax Barrett10. Rape Narratives, Women's Testimony, and Irish Law in Asking for It and Dark Chapter Rebecca Anne Barr 11. 'Pleading My Cause': Literature and the Law in Irish Romanticism James Kelly12. The Judge and The Human Hansard in Brian Friel's Theatre Virginie Roche-Tiengo13. Moral Legibility: Dion Boucicault and the Melodramatic Legal Scene Eugene Mc Nulty .
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 30, 2023).
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781800854062
- 1800854064
- 9781802071207
- 1802071202
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