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Author McCarthy, Conor, author.

Title Outlaws and spies : legal exclusion in law and literature / Conor McCarthy.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (vii, 244 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities
Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Conor McCarthy shows how outlaw literature and espionage literature critique the use of legal exclusion as a means of supporting state power. Texts discussed range from the medieval Robin Hood ballads, Shakespeare's history plays and the Ned Kelly story to John le Carré, Don DeLillo, Ciaran Carson and William Gibson.
Contents Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Outside the Law in the Middle Ages; 2. Sovereign Outlaws: Shakespeare's Second Tetralogy; 3. The Endurance of Exclusion: Versions of Ned Kelly; 4. 'We're not policemen': Espionage and Law in John le Carré; 5. 'All plots tend to move deathward': Plots and Consequences in Don DeLillo; 6. Unanswered Questions: Ciaran Carson; 7. Contesting the Virtual: William Gibson; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Law and literature.
Law and literature.
Outlaws in literature.
Outlaws in literature.
Espionage in literature.
Espionage in literature.
LAW -- Jurisprudence.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: McCarthy, Conor. Outlaws and spies. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020] 147445593X (OCoLC)1117565513
ISBN 9781474455954 (electronic book)
1474455956 (electronic book)
9781474480628 (ebook)
1474480624 (ebook)
147445593X
9781474455930

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