Reconstituting Authority: American Fiction in the Province of the Law

                                          

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• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press; 1 edition (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English

   Ina"Reconstituting Authority, "aWilliam Moddelmog explores the ways in which American law and literature converged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Through close readings of significant texts from the era, he reveals not only how novelists invoked specific legal principles and ideals in their fictions but also how they sought to reconceptualize the boundaries of law and literature in ways that transformed previous versions of both legal and literary authority.Moddelmog does not assume a sharp distinction between literary and legal institutions and practices but shows how writers imagined the two fields as engaged in the same cultural process. He argues that because the law was 

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Through the Magic Door

                                          

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• Hardcover: 282 pages
• Publisher: BiblioLife (June 4, 2009)
• Language: English

  This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

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Saint with a Gun: The Unlawful American Private Eye

                                           

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• Hardcover: 155 pages
• Publisher: New York University Press; First Edition edition (September 1, 1974)
• Language: English

   Examines the history and works representative of American detective fiction, providing psychological insight into popular opinions on violence, crime, revenge, and justice. Bibliogs

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The Deadly Directory 2000

                                        

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• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Deadly Serious Press (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English

   Your guide to the mystery community--all the information you need to find everybody who is anybody in the world of mystery, crime, and detective fiction. Complete contact details and descriptions for over 750 booksellers, events, groups, publications, and more. Essential reference for authors, booksellers, collectors, librarians, and publicists. Includes comprehensive index and appendixes.

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From Ghouls to Gangsters: The Career of Arthur B. Reeve: Vol. 2

                                          

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• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Off-Trail Publications; 1st edition edition (November 15, 2007)
• Language: English

   Volume 2 (nonfiction) is the definitive book on Reeve's life and work. It includes a lengthy career biography of Reeve, all major nonfiction works by Reeve reflecting on his career or detective fiction, an extensive bibliography of his work (magazine, book, newspaper, comic strip, stage, radio, film, television), an Art Gallery, a sources bibliography, and index. (Volume 1 includes a cross-section of Reeve's short fiction.)

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Through the Magic Door: The Best Collection books by Arthur Conan Doyle

                                         

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• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (December 1, 2017)
• Language: English

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Women, Crime and Language

                                           

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• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 2003 edition (August 7, 2003)
• Language: English

  Women, Crime and Language examines the relationships between discourses of crime and gender: how women are represented in fiction and reportage, and how they have represented themselves. Frances Gray explores a number of high-profile cases from the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 to the Children's Home scandals of the present day, in which women have been featured as victims, perpetrators or investigators. The author tracks the representation of women through detective stories, plays and novels.

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