Literature and legal discourse : equity and ethics from Sterne to Conrad /
"Polloczek analyses the links between actual legal fictions such as substituted judgements, notions of equity, literary tropes, and the construction and representation of social bonds through sentiment, philanthropy and marginalization. Polloczek's study is both theoretical and historical,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999
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| Summary: | "Polloczek analyses the links between actual legal fictions such as substituted judgements, notions of equity, literary tropes, and the construction and representation of social bonds through sentiment, philanthropy and marginalization. Polloczek's study is both theoretical and historical, covering a period that extends from the eighteenth century to the modernist period, and includes texts from Sterne, Bentham, Dickens and Conrad."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 269 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-263) and index |
| ISBN: | 0521652510 9780521652513 |
| Access: | Online version licensed for access by U. of T. users |