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The Art of Alibi

English Law Courts and the Novel

By: Jonathan H. Grossman

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The Art of Alibi

English Law Courts and the Novel

By: Jonathan H. Grossman

In The Art of Alibi, Jonathan Grossman reconstructs the relation of the novel to nineteenth-century law courts. During the Romantic era, courthouses and trial scenes frequently found their way into the plots of English novels. As Grossman states, "by the Victorian period, these scenes represented a powerful intersection of narrative form with a complementary and competing structure for storytelling." He argues that the courts, newly fashioned as a site in which to orchestrate voices and reconstruct stories, arose as a cultural presence influencing the shape of the English novel. Weaving examinations of novels such as William Godwin's Caleb Williams, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, along with a reading of the new Royal Courts of Justice, Grossman charts the exciting changes occurring within the novel, especially crime fiction, that preceded and led to the invention of the detective mystery in the 1840s.

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JHU Press

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0801877873

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Charles Dickens's Networks

Public Transport and the Novel

By: Jonathan H. Grossman

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Charles Dickens's Networks

Public Transport and the Novel

By: Jonathan H. Grossman

Explores the rise of the passenger transport network in the nineteenth century and the impact it made on Dickens's work.

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Oxford University Press

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0199644195

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Charles Dickens's Networks

Public Transport and the Novel

By: Jonathan H. Grossman

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Charles Dickens's Networks

Public Transport and the Novel

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Explores the rise of the passenger transport network in the nineteenth century and the impact it made on Dickens's work.

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Oxford University Press

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The Art of Alibi

English Law Courts and the Novel

By: Jonathan H. Grossman

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The Art of Alibi

English Law Courts and the Novel

By: Jonathan H. Grossman

In The Art of Alibi, Jonathan Grossman reconstructs the relation of the novel to nineteenth-century law courts. During the Romantic era, courthouses and trial scenes frequently found their way into the plots of English novels. As Grossman states, "by the Victorian period, these scenes represented a powerful intersection of narrative form with a complementary and competing structure for storytelling." He argues that the courts, newly fashioned as a site in which to orchestrate voices and reconstruct stories, arose as a cultural presence influencing the shape of the English novel. Weaving examinations of novels such as William Godwin's Caleb Williams, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, along with a reading of the new Royal Courts of Justice, Grossman charts the exciting changes occurring within the novel, especially crime fiction, that preceded and led to the invention of the detective mystery in the 1840s. -- John Sutherland, University College London

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080186755X

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9780801867552