Williams, Melanie, 1958-

Empty justice : one hundred years of law, literature, and philosophy : existential, feminist, and normative perspectives in literary jurisprudence / Melanie Williams. - London : Cavendish Pub., 2002. - xxxviii, 238 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-230) and index.

Acknowledgments. - Table of cases. - Table of statutes. - Introduction. - 1.The Year 2000 - The Empty City: JG Ballard's Super-Cannes and JM Coetzee's Disgrace. - 2. The 1890s - The Empty Wood: Tess of the D'Urbervilles Rape, seduction and Provocation: Effacement of Identity at the Fin De Siecle. - 3. The Early 20th Century -The Empty Room 'The Subject' - Woolf, Joyce and The Viscountess Rhondda's Claim. - 4. The 1940s - The Empty War: Graham Green's The Ministry of Fear and Elizabeth Bowen's The Heat of the Day. - 5. The 1960s- The Empty Shell: John Fowles's The French Lieutenant's Woman and iris Murdoch's Bruno's Dream. - 6. The 1980s - The Empty Island: JM Coetzee's Foe. - 7. Inconclusion. - 8. Conclusion.

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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Tess of the d'Urbervilles.


English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Law in literature.

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