The University of Manchester | |
| Faculty Dept Of English & American Studies, Campus Manchester Main | |
| ENGL 30162 - Crime and the Law in 18th- and 19th-Century Literature | |
| 2nd term, Feb, 2013/14 | |
| Lecturer | Hal Gladfelder (hal.gladfelder@manchester.ac.uk) |
| Start | 2nd term, Feb, 2013/14 |
| Study Year | 3rd |
| Approximate Student Numbers | 36 |
| Display list to students? | Yes Preview: http://www.readinglists.co.uk/sv/27602 |
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| Course/Module Description | This course explores the cultural and ideological resonances of the diverse representations of the criminal and the detective in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England. Why is the history of the novel so bound up with figures of criminality and social transgression? And what are the implications of the popularity of novels and related forms that focused on the actions and speech of the outlaw poor, upstart servants, and female adventurers? We will examine the ways in which works of art both reflected and shaped cultural attitudes—so that not only specific acts, but kinds of personality, even entire social groups, came to be defined as criminal. We will consider the representation of gender and social class, the ideological implications (radical or reactionary) of fictional texts, and the use of such narrative strategies as first-person narration and stories within stories to shape the reader’s response. These works, from the fictional autobiography of 'Roxana' to the sensation novels of Collins and the terrorist fiction of Conrad, aimed both to entertain a mass (urban) audience and to comment on contemporary institutions of criminal justice—in particular, the new police and detective forces. Their representations of extreme, violent, and bizarre behavior also reflected growing fascination with the field of abnormal psychology. |
| Last updated | 08-Jun-2013 by hal.gladfelder@manchester.ac.uk |
| Book: | Roxana by Daniel Defoe John Mullan, published by Oxford University Press 2008
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| Book: | Caleb Williams by William Godwin Pamela Clemit, published by Oxford University Press 2009
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| Book: | On Murder by Thomas De Quincey Robert Morrison, published by Oxford University Press 2009
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| Book: | Selected Tales by Edgar Allan Poe Van Leer, David, published by Oxford University Press 2008
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| Book: | The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins Jenny Taylor, published by Oxford University Press 2008
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| Book: | The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad John Lyon, published by Oxford University Press 2008
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| Book: | The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle W W Robson, published by Oxford University Press 2008
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| Book: | The Beggar's Opera and Polly by John Gay Hal Gladfelder, published by Oxford University Press 2013
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