02792nam a2200457 a 4500 ebr10495568 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090814s2010 vau sb 001 0 eng d 2009032569 9780813928937 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0813928931 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0813928974 (e-book) 9780813928975 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)755618966 e-uk--- PR830.L43 K78 2010eb 823.009/3554 22 Krueger, Christine L. Reading for the law [electronic resource] : British literary history and gender advocacy / Christine L. Krueger. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010. [xiii], 301 p. Victorian literature and culture series Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : Theory, advocacy, and history -- Historiographies of witchcraft for feminist advocacy : historical justice in Elizabeth Gaskell's Lois the witch -- Witchcraft precedents as literary history : from The discoverie of witchcraft to Sir Matthew Hale -- The historical turn in witchcraft literature : from Enlightenment historiography to historical realism -- Theories and histories of agency : Mary Wollstonecraft's narrative of the reasonable woman -- Agency, equity, publicity : compos mentis in Charles Reade's Hard cash and lunacy commission reports -- Gendered credibility : testimony in fiction and indecent assault -- Women's legal literacy and pro se representation : from Griffith Gaunt to Georgina Weldon -- Concealing women's mens rea: advocacy for female prisoners and infanticidal mothers -- The secret agency of juries : forging resistance against sodomy prosecution. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. English literature History and criticism. Legal stories, English History and criticism. Law and literature Great Britain History. Law in literature. Female offenders in literature. Women Legal status, laws, etc. Great Britain History. Sex discrimination against women Law and legislation Great Britain History. Feminist jurisprudence Great Britain. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Victorian literature and culture series. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10495568 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 241202 241202