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245 10 a| Defending privilegeh| [electronic resource] :b| rights, status, and legal peril in the British Novel /c| Nicole Mansfield Wright.;

260 a| Baltimore :b| Johns Hopkins University Press,c| 2020.;

300 a| xii, 210 pages ;c| 23 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-202) and index.;

505 0 a| "Bad citizens" and "insolent foreigners" : Smollett's elite outsiders and the suspense of legal agency -- Couverte critique : genteel victimhood in Charlotte Smith's fictions of dispossession -- "Masters of passion and tongue" : white "eye-witnesses" and fear of black testimony in the pro-slavery novel -- Letters of the law : ambivalent advocacy and speaking for the voiceless in Redgauntlet -- Epilogue : abiding the law.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "This study is about the intersection of law and literature in Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The author explores how in a turbulent era of political revolution, the abolition of slavery, and increasing class and gender mobility, British literary authors used their work to reshape and manipulate public perceptions of who merits legal agency: the right to initiate a lawsuit, serve as a witness, and seek counsel from a lawyer"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Defending privilege rights, status, and legal peril in the British Novel / Nicole Mansfield Wright.

Author/creator	Wright, Nicole Mansfield, 1982-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Description	xii, 210 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Literature and society--Great Britain. --History. --18th century. Literature and society--Great Britain. --History. --19th century. Law and literature--Great Britain. --History. --18th century. Law and literature--Great Britain. --History. --19th century. British literature--18th century. --History and criticism. British literature--19th century. --History and criticism.

Contents	"Bad citizens" and "insolent foreigners" : Smollett's elite outsiders and the suspense of legal agency -- Couverte critique : genteel victimhood in Charlotte Smith's fictions of dispossession -- "Masters of passion and tongue" : white "eye-witnesses" and fear of black testimony in the pro-slavery novel -- Letters of the law : ambivalent advocacy and speaking for the voiceless in Redgauntlet -- Epilogue : abiding the law.
Abstract	"This study is about the intersection of law and literature in Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The author explores how in a turbulent era of political revolution, the abolition of slavery, and increasing class and gender mobility, British literary authors used their work to reshape and manipulate public perceptions of who merits legal agency: the right to initiate a lawsuit, serve as a witness, and seek counsel from a lawyer"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-202) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2019010078
ISBN	9781421433738 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
ISBN	1421433737 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
ISBN	9781421433745 (softcover ; acid-free paper)
ISBN	1421433745 (softcover ; acid-free paper)
ISBN	(ebook)
ISBN	(ebook)

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