Courting failure
Subtitle: women and the law in twentieth-century literature
By: Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson.
Series: Series on law, politics, and society
Publisher: University of Akron Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Akron, Ohio
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781931968478; 9781931968485
Subjects: American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Law in literature; Women in literature; Courts in literature; Canadian literature -- 20th  century -- History and criticism; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc; Legal films (Drama) -- History and criticism; Legal television programs (Drama) -- History and criticism; Feminist literary criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : literature, law, and desire; title: Prison, passion, and the female gaze; title: Pursuit of property : neoslave narratives and the law; title: "Mother knows best" : women, children, and the law; title: Staging the scene : women, drama, and the law; title: Spectacular expectations : women, film, and the law; title: Conclusion : courting success.