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Reading for the law : British literary history and gender advocacy
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Reading for the law : British literary history and gender advocacy

Christine L. Krueger

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Introduction : Theory, advocacy, and history
Historiographies of witchcraft for feminist advocacy : historical justice in Elizabeth Gaskell's Lois the witch
Witchcraft precedents as literary history : from The discoverie of witchcraft to Sir Matthew Hale
The historical turn in witchcraft literature : from Enlightenment historiography to historical realism
Theories and histories of agency : Mary Wollstonecraft's narrative of the reasonable woman
Agency, equity, publicity : compos mentis in Charles Reade's Hard cash and lunacy commission reports
Gendered credibility : testimony in fiction and indecent assault
Women's legal literacy and pro se representation : from Griffith Gaunt to Georgina Weldon
Concealing women's mens rea: advocacy for female prisoners and infanticidal mothers
The secret agency of juries : forging resistance against sodomy prosecution.

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Reading for the law : British literary history and gender advocacy by Christine L. Krueger. ISBN 9780813928975. Published by University of Virginia Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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