Shifting the blame : literature, law, and the theory of accidents in nineteenth-century America /
Goodman, Nan,1957-
Princeton : Princeton University Press,
c1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-191) and index.
A clear showing: The problem of fault in James Fenimore Cooper's The Pioneers -- Negligence before the mast: ship collisions and the nautical literature of the mid-nineteenth century -- "Nobody to blame": Steamboat accidents and responsibility in Twain -- The law of the good samaritan: Cross-racial rescue in Stephen Crane and Charles Chesnutt -- Stop, Look, and Listen: the signs and signals of the railroad accident.
American literature
Accidents in literature.
Accident law
Legal stories, American
Law and literature
Negligence in literature.
Responsibility in literature.
Blame in literature.