Courting Failure: Women and Law in Twentieth Century Literature

by Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson

Book Overview

For the past twenty years, the law and literature movement has been gaining ground. More recently, a feminist perspective has enriched the field. With Courting Failure: Women and the Law in Twentieth-Century Literature, Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson adds a compelling voice to the discussion. Courting Failure critically explores the representation of women, fictional and historical, in conflict with the law. Macpherson focuses on the judicial system...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931968489
• ISBN13: 9781931968485
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of Akron Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"