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Law and the Bront�es

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Law and the Bront�es/ Ian Ward, Professor of Law, Newcastle University, UK.
Author:	Ward, Ian,
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan, : 2012.,
Description:	1 online resource (pages cm.)
Subject:	Law and literature - History - 19th century. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230358331
ISBN:	9780230358331 (electronic bk.)

Law and the Bront�es
Ward, Ian,1963-

Law and the Bront�es[electronic resource] /Ian Ward, Professor of Law, Newcastle University, UK. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2012. - 1 online resource (pages cm.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Bron�t Cases -- Huntingdon v Huntingdon -- Heathcliff's Case -- The Rochester Wives -- The State and Shirley Keeldar -- Conclusion: The Trials of Lucy Snowe -- Bibliography -- Index.

It might be thought that the Bron�t sisters did not write much about the law in their novels, certainly in comparison to contemporaries such as Dickens or Collins or Gaskell. But they did. Beneath the surface of the Bron�t canon, the law is everywhere; from spousal abuse and child custody in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, to illegitimacy and inheritance in Wuthering Heights, to insanity and confinement in Jane Eyre, to broader questions of public governance in Shirley. In its examination of these themes and many more, Law and the Bron�ts represents a significant and highly original contribution to the study, not just of the Brontes and the mid-nineteenth century 'woman's novel', but also the situation of women in nineteenth century English law and the debates which moved around its prospective reform.

ISBN: 9780230358331 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 9786613381248

Source: 408460Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Personal Names:

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Bront�e family.
Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Law and literature
--History--19th century.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR4169 / .W37 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.8093554

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