Revenge versus legality : wild justice from Balzac to Clint Eastwood and Abu Ghraib / Katherine Maynard, Jarod Kearney and James Guimond.
| Author/creator |
Maynard, Katherine Kearney, 1953- |
| Other author/creator | Kearney, Jarod. |
| Other author/creator | Guimond, James. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Birkbeck Law Press, |
| Description | xiii, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Contents | Introduction -- Revenge and the detective tradition : when dogs don't bark, and detectives don't tell -- Some like it wild : supernatural revenge in Sheridan Le Fanu's Mr. Justice -- Law and the romantic ego : conspiracy and justice in Honoré de Balzac's Le Père Goriot -- Justice, race, and revenge in Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson -- The empire strikes back : imperialism and justice in E.M. Forster's A passage to India -- Race, sex, fear, revenge in Richard Wright's Native son -- State terrorism and revenge in Andre Brink's A dry white season -- Rogue cops and beltway vigilantes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-208) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009044981 |
| ISBN | 9780415560160 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0415560160 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780203854372 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0203854373 (ebook) |
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