Outlaws and Spies: Legal Exclusion in Law and Literature
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ISBN: 9781474455930
Author | McCarthy, Conor |
Pub Date | 31/03/2020 |
Binding | Hardback |
Pages | 272 |
Country | GBR |
Dewey | 809.933554 |
Series | Edinburgh Critical Studies in Law, Literature and the Humanities |
Quick overview 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 Carre, Don DeLillo, Ciaran Carson and William Gibson.