Literature and Crime in Augustan England

ISBN-13: 9780367818913 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 256 str.

Ian a. Bell

Opis

Originally published in 1991, Ian Bell’s masterly investigation of the diverse representations of crime and legality in the Augustan period ranges widely across the contemporary press, involving court reports, philosophical writings, periodicals, biographies, pornography and polemics.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.  Introduction: Buttock and Twang  1. Literature/Crime/Society  2. Representing the Criminal  3. The Harlot’s Progress  4. Satire’s Rough Music  5. Fielding and the Discipline of Fiction  6. Postscript: Buttock and File.  Notes.  Index.

O autorze

Ian A. Bell