The crime in mind
Subtitle: criminal responsibility and the Victorian novel
By: Lisa Rodensky.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Crime in literature; Legal stories, English -- History and criticism; Law and literature -- History -- 19th century; Criminal liability in literature; Responsibility in literature; Criminals in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and index.
Table of contents: title: Organizing crime : conduct and character in Oliver Twist : prologue to George Eliot's crimes; title: "To fix our minds on that consequence" : minding consequences in Adam Bede and Felix Holt; title: Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, and the crime in mind; title: James Fitzjames Stephen and the responsibilities of narrative; title: Modern responsibilities.