The transatlantic gothic novel and the law, 1790-1860 /
Marshall, Bridget, 1974-
The transatlantic gothic novel and the law, 1790-1860 / Bridget M. Marshall. - Farnham : Ashgate, c2011. - viii, 190 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : legal tangles and gothic trappings -- Things are not as they should be : the legal system in William Godwin's Caleb Williams -- Questioning the evidence of bodies and texts in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein -- Reading unreadable texts and bodies : Charles Brockden Brown's Edgar Huntly -- Slave narrative and the gothic novel : Hannah Crafts's the Bondwoman's narrative.
9780754669951 (hbk.) 0754669955 (hbk.)
2010019048
GBB098820 bnb
015630075 Uk
Horror tales, English--History and criticism.
Horror tales, American--History and criticism.
Gothic revival (Literature)--Great Britain.
Gothic revival (Literature)--United States.
Law in literature.
PR830.T3 / M37 2011
823/.0872/08
The transatlantic gothic novel and the law, 1790-1860 / Bridget M. Marshall. - Farnham : Ashgate, c2011. - viii, 190 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : legal tangles and gothic trappings -- Things are not as they should be : the legal system in William Godwin's Caleb Williams -- Questioning the evidence of bodies and texts in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein -- Reading unreadable texts and bodies : Charles Brockden Brown's Edgar Huntly -- Slave narrative and the gothic novel : Hannah Crafts's the Bondwoman's narrative.
9780754669951 (hbk.) 0754669955 (hbk.)
2010019048
GBB098820 bnb
015630075 Uk
Horror tales, English--History and criticism.
Horror tales, American--History and criticism.
Gothic revival (Literature)--Great Britain.
Gothic revival (Literature)--United States.
Law in literature.
PR830.T3 / M37 2011
823/.0872/08