Peter Okun

Crime and the Nation

Prison and Popular Fiction in Philadelphia. 1786-1800

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781138880115
• ISBN-10: 1138880116
• Artikelnr.: 42091803

Autorenporträt

Specializing in Literary History and the Early Modern Period, Peter T.M. Okun, holds a Ph.D. in Literature and teaches at Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia. Dr. Okun's research interests include interdisciplinary approaches to literature, and range from prison reform and popular culture to psychology, law and literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Philadelphia Story Chapter One: The Science of Crime and
the Crime of Science Chapter Two: Nationalism and the Aesthetics of Murder
Chapter Three: Sexual Crimes: Justice and Gender in the 1790s Chapter Four:
Prison and the Law: The Philadelphia Reforms Chapter Five: Prison and the
Law: The Philadelphia Fictions Chapter Six: Conclusion Bibliography of
Works Cited