Title Courting failure : women and the law in twentieth-century literature / Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	PS228.L39 M33 2007	Available	---

Edition	1st ed.
Description	x, 294 pages ; 23 cm.
Series	Series on law, politics, and society
	Series on law, politics, and society.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-285) and index.
Contents	Introduction : literature, law, and desire -- Prison, passion, and the female gaze -- Pursuit of property : neoslave narratives and the law -- "Mother knows best" : women, children, and the law -- Staging the scene : women, drama, and the law -- Spectacular expectations : women, film, and the law -- Conclusion : courting success.
Subject	American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	American literature.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Law in literature.
	Law in literature.
	Women in literature.
	Women in literature.
	Courts in literature.
	Courts in literature.
	Canadian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	Canadian literature.
	English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	English literature.
	Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
	Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
	Legal films -- History and criticism.
	Legal films.
	Legal television programs -- History and criticism.
	Legal television programs.
	Feminist literary criticism.
	Feminist literary criticism.
	Women.
	Womyn.
ISBN	9781931968485 paperback alkaline paper
	9781931968478 alkaline paper
	1931968470 alkaline paper
	1931968489 paperback alkaline paper