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020 _z9780813928937 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 _z0813928931 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 _z0813928974 (e-book)
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100 1 _aKrueger, Christine L.
245 1 0 _aReading for the law
_h[electronic resource] :
_bBritish literary history and gender advocacy /
_cChristine L. Krueger.
260 _aCharlottesville :
_bUniversity of Virginia Press,
_c2010.
300 _a[xiii], 301 p.
490 1 _aVictorian literature and culture series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : Theory, advocacy, and history -- Historiographies of witchcraft for feminist advocacy : historical justice in Elizabeth Gaskell's Lois the witch -- Witchcraft precedents as literary history : from The discoverie of witchcraft to Sir Matthew Hale -- The historical turn in witchcraft literature : from Enlightenment historiography to historical realism -- Theories and histories of agency : Mary Wollstonecraft's narrative of the reasonable woman -- Agency, equity, publicity : compos mentis in Charles Reade's Hard cash and lunacy commission reports -- Gendered credibility : testimony in fiction and indecent assault -- Women's legal literacy and pro se representation : from Griffith Gaunt to Georgina Weldon -- Concealing women's mens rea: advocacy for female prisoners and infanticidal mothers -- The secret agency of juries : forging resistance against sodomy prosecution.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aEnglish literature
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aLegal stories, English
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aLaw and literature
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory.
650 0 _aLaw in literature.
650 0 _aFemale offenders in literature.
650 0 _aWomen
_xLegal status, laws, etc.
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory.
650 0 _aSex discrimination against women
_xLaw and legislation
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory.
650 0 _aFeminist jurisprudence
_zGreat Britain.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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830 0 _aVictorian literature and culture series.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10495568
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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