Law and Literature by Ian Ward
The emergence of an interdisciplinary study of law and literature is one of the most exciting theoretical developments taking place in North America and Britain. In Law and Literature: Possibilities and Perspectives Ian Ward explores the educative ambitions of the law and literature movement, and its already established critical, ethical and political potential. He reveals the law in literature, and the literature of law, in key areas of literature, from Shakespeare to Beatrix Potter to Umberto Eco, and from feminist literature to children's literature to the modern novel, drawing out the interaction between rape law and The Handmaid's Tale, and the psychology of English property law and The Tale of Peter Rabbit. This original book defines the developing state of law and literature studies, and demonstrates how the theory of law and literature can illuminate the literary text.
"..Ward does an extremely credible job of canvassing the field....Ward has made a valuable contribution to the literature, providing a landing upon which one can rest before continuing the ascent." Steven Richman, American Book Review
"As an overview of and introduction to contemporary controversies Ward does admirably well..." Harvard Review
"As an overview of and introduction to contemporary controversies Ward does admirably well..." Harvard Review
Ward, Ian: - Ian Ward is Professor of Law at Newcastle University, and the author of a number of books on law, literature and history including Law and Literature: Possibilities and Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 1995), Shakespeare and the Legal Imagination (Cambridge University Press, 1999), The English Constitution: Myths and Realities'(Hart Publishing, 2004), Law, Text, Terror (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and most recently Law and the Brontes (Palgrave, 2011).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521058506 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521058503 |
| Title | Law and Literature |
| Author | Ian Ward |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2008-01-28 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
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