260 Pages
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Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
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Eighteenth-century England saw an explosion of writings about deviance. In literature, in the law, and in the press, writers returned again and again to the question of crime and criminals.
While the extension of the legal system formalised the power of the state to categorise and punish ‘deviance’, writers repeatedly confronted the problematic nature of legal authority and the unstable idea of... Read more
Acknowledgements. Introduction: Buttock and Twang 1. Literature/Crime/Society 2. Representing the Criminal 3. The Harlot’s Progress 4. Satire’s Rough Music 5. Fielding and the Discipline of Fiction 6. Postscript: Buttock and File. Notes. Index.
Biography
Ian A. Bell
