Ward Law and the Brontës

2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-35833-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 195 Seiten, eBook

In its exploration of legal issues presented in novels of the Brontë sisters, this book represents a significant and original contribution to the study, not just of the Brontës and the mid-nineteenth century 'woman's novel', but also the situation of women in nineteenth century English law and the debates which moved around its prospective reform.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ward, I.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction: The Brontë Cases Huntingdon v Huntingdon Heathcliff's Case The Rochester Wives The State and Shirley Keeldar Conclusion: The Trials of Lucy Snowe Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

IAN WARD Professor of Law at Newcastle University, UK, having previously taught at the Universities of Durham, Sussex and Dundee. He has also held visiting positions at the Universities of Iowa, Montpellier, Lisbon, Alberta and most recently the Centre for Advanced Studies at the Ludwig-Maxmilien University in Munich, Germany. His previous publications in the area of 'law and literature', include Law and Literature: Possibilities and Perspectives (Cambridge UP, 1995), Shakespeare and the Law (Butterworths, 1999) and Law, Text, Terror (Cambridge UP, 2009).