Rough justice : essays on crime in literature /
Friedland, Martin L.
Toronto : University of Toronto Press,
c1991.
Based on presentations given by professors of English literature from the University of Toronto in a law school seminar at the University.
Includes bibliographical references.
Crime and sin in the Bible / Northrop Frye -- Crime and justice in the Middle Ages : cases from the Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chauceer / Patricia J. Eberle -- A Fair Quarrel (1617), the Duelling Code, and Jacobean Law / Brian Parker -- Criminal elements : Fielding's Jonathan Wild / John D. Baird -- Scott and the law : The Heart of Midlothian / Jane Millgate -- Crime in Our Mutual Friend / John M. Robson -- Oscar Wilde / J.E. Chamberlin -- Undue process : William Faulkner's Sanctuary / Michael Millgate -- Dreiser's An American Tragedy / Barrie Hayne -- On Richard Wright's Native Son / Caesar R. Blake -- Wiebe's real Riel? The Scorched-Wood People and its audience / Dennis Duffy -- Crime in literature : Canadian drama / Ann Saddlemyer -- Detective stories : some notes on Fingerprints / Josef Skvorecky.
Crime in literature.
Justice in literature.
English literature
American literature
Canadian literature