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Author Williams, Melanie, 1958-

Title Empty justice : one hundred years of law, literature, and philosophy : existential, feminist, and normative perspectives in literary jurisprudence / Melanie Williams
Published London : Cavendish Pub., 2002

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Description xxxviii, 238 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: The Year 2000- The Empty City: JG Ballard's Super-Cannes and JM Coetzee's Disgrace; The 1890s- The Empty Wood: Tess of the D'Urbervilles Rape, seduction and Provocation: Effacement of Identity at the Fin De Siecle; The Early 20th Century -The Empty Room 'The Subject' - Woolf, Joyce and The Viscountess Rhondda's Claim; The 1940s - The Empty War: Graham Green's The Ministry of Fear and Elizabeth Bowen's The Heat of the Day; The 1960s- The Empty Shell: John Fowles's The French Lieutenant's Woman and iris Murdoch's Bruno's Dream; The 1980s - The Empty Island: JM Coetzee's Foe; Inconclusion; Conclusion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index
Notes English
Subject Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Jurisprudence -- Social aspects.
Feminist jurisprudence.
Law -- Philosophy.
Law and literature.
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Law in literature.
LC no. 2002483082
ISBN 1859416144