Morality And The Law In British Detective And Spy Fiction 1880 1920

Author : Kate Morrison
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476677194

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Morality and the Law in British Detective and Spy Fiction, 1880-1920 by Kate Morrison Pdf

Who decides what is right or wrong, ethical or immoral, just or unjust? In the world of crime and spy fiction between 1880 and 1920, the boundaries of the law were blurred and justice called into question humanity's moral code. As fictional detectives mutated into spies near the turn of the century, the waning influence of morality on decision-making signaled a shift in behavior from idealistic principles towards a pragmatic outlook taken in the national interest. Taking a fresh approach to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's popular protagonist, Sherlock Holmes, this book examines how Holmes and his rival maverick literary detectives and spies manipulated the law to deliver a fairer form of justice than that ordained by parliament. Multidisciplinary, this work views detective fiction through the lenses of law, moral philosophy, and history, and incorporates issues of gender, equality, and race. By studying popular publications of the time, it provides a glimpse into public attitudes towards crime and morality and how those shifting opinions helped reconstruct the hero in a new image.

Author : John J. Han,C. Clark Triplett,Matthew Bardowell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9798765105818

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Certainty and Ambiguity in Global Mystery Fiction by John J. Han,C. Clark Triplett,Matthew Bardowell Pdf

Mystery fiction as a genre renders moral judgments not only about detectives and criminals but also concerning the cultural structures within which these mysteries unfold. In contrast to other volumes which examine morality in crime fiction through the lenses of personal guilt and personal justice, Certainty and Ambiguity in Global Mystery Fiction analyzes the effect of moral imagination on the moral structures implicit in the genre. In recent years, public awareness has attended to the relationship between social structures and justice, and this collection centers on how personal ethics and social ethics are bound together amidst the shifting moral landscapes of mystery fiction. Contributors discuss the interplay between personal guilt and social guilt – considering morality and justice on an individual level and at a societal level – using frameworks of certainty and ambiguity. They show how individual characters in works by Agatha Christie, Gabriel García Márquez, Natsuo Kirino, F.H. Batacan, and Stephen King, among others, may view their moral standing with certainty but clash with the established mores of their culture. Featuring essays on Japanese, Filipino, Indian, and Colombian mystery fiction, as well as American and British fiction, this volume analyzes social guilt and justice across cultures, showing how individuals grapple with the certainty, and, at times, the moral ambiguity, of their respective cultures.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015065458401

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America, History and Life by Anonim Pdf

Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.

Author : Anne Hiebert Alton,William C. Spruiell,Donald E. Palumbo
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786474646

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Discworld and the Disciplines by Anne Hiebert Alton,William C. Spruiell,Donald E. Palumbo Pdf

This collection of new essays applies a wide range of critical frameworks to the analysis of prolific fantasy author Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. Essays focus on topics such as Pratchett's treatment of noise and silence and their political implications; art as an anodyne for racial conflict; humor and cognitive debugging; visual semiotics; linguistic stylistics and readers' perspectives of word choice; and Derrida and the "monstrous Regiment of Women." The volume also includes an annotated bibliography of critical sources. The essays provide fresh perspectives on Pratchett's work, which has stealthily redefined both fantasy and humor for modern audiences.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007848455

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Chamber's Encyclopaedia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lisa Hopkins
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030657604

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Burial Plots in British Detective Fiction by Lisa Hopkins Pdf

Burial Plots in British Detective Fiction offers an overview of the ways in which the past is brought back to the surface and influences the present in British detective fiction written between 1920 and 2020. Exploring a range of authors including Agatha Christie, Patricia Wentworth, Val McDermid, Sarah Caudwell, Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Dunnett, Jonathan Stroud and Ben Aaronovitch, Lisa Hopkins argues that both the literal and literary disinterment of the past use elements of the national past to interrogate the present. As such, in the texts discussed, uncovering the truth about an individual crime is also typically an uncovering of a more general connection between the present and the past. Whether detective novels explore murders on archaeological digs, hauntings, cold crimes or killings at Christmas, Hopkins explores the underlying message that you cannot understand the present unless you understand the past.

Author : L.T. Meade
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781460402269

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The Sorceress of the Strand and Other Stories by L.T. Meade Pdf

Author : Simon Joyce
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107083882

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Modernism and Naturalism in British and Irish Fiction, 1880-1930 by Simon Joyce Pdf

Through studies of individual writers, this book reveals the inextricable connection between naturalism and literary modernism.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1228 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : MINN:31951D005842145

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The Motion Picture Almanac by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bernard Shaw
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-13
Category : Drama
ISBN : EAN:8596547058694

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The Philanderer by Bernard Shaw Pdf

'The Philanderer' begins with a young widow, Grace Tranfield, in love with Leonard Charteris, the 'philanderer' of the title. Grace is shocked to find that Charteris has been in a similar position with other women and learns that his affair with a woman named Julia has never been broken off. Charteris argues that it is not his fault that half the women he speaks to fall in love with him when suddenly Julia enters, has a wild outburst of emotions, attacks Grace, and announces her intention of staying until Charteris has given her up. Several interesting events follow the story of the "philanderer."

Author : Charles J. Rzepka,Lee Horsley
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781119675778

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A Companion to Crime Fiction by Charles J. Rzepka,Lee Horsley Pdf

A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography

Author : Elizabeth Carolyn Miller
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780472050444

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Framed by Elizabeth Carolyn Miller Pdf

By introducing us to the New Woman Criminal, Framed offers a profoundly different view of the fin de siècle British crime narrative

Author : Rose Arny
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1316 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015023732780

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Forthcoming Books by Rose Arny Pdf

Author : Leslie J. Reagan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780520387423

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When Abortion Was a Crime by Leslie J. Reagan Pdf

The definitive history of abortion in the United States, with a new preface that equips readers for what’s to come. When Abortion Was a Crime is the must-read book on abortion history. Originally published ahead of the thirtieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, this award-winning study was the first to examine the entire period during which abortion was illegal in the United States, beginning in the mid-nineteenth century and ending with that monumental case in 1973. When Abortion Was a Crime is filled with intimate stories and nuanced analysis, demonstrating how abortion was criminalized and policed—and how millions of women sought abortions regardless of the law. With this edition, Leslie J. Reagan provides a new preface that addresses the dangerous and ongoing threats to abortion access across the country, and the precarity of our current moment. While abortions have typically been portrayed as grim "back alley" operations, this deeply researched history confirms that many abortion providers—including physicians—practiced openly and safely, despite prohibitions by the state and the American Medical Association. Women could find cooperative and reliable practitioners; but prosecution, public humiliation, loss of privacy, and inferior medical care were a constant threat. Reagan's analysis of previously untapped sources, including inquest records and trial transcripts, shows the fragility of patient rights and raises provocative questions about the relationship between medicine and law. With the right to abortion increasingly under attack, this book remains the definitive history of abortion in the United States, offering vital lessons for every American concerned with health care, civil liberties, and personal and sexual freedom.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Amusements
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118881791

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Cue by Anonim Pdf