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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Saul Levmore (William B. Graham Distinguished Service Professor of Law, William B. Graham Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago) , Martha C. Nussbaum (Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 15.70cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9780199331376ISBN 10: 0199331375 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 25 September 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents"Part I: American Guys I. Richard Posner, ""Manhood in Hemingway"" 2. William Alsup, ""On the Trail with Melville: Law and Letters in the High Sierra"" 3. J. Harvie Wilkinson, ""Solitary Man in American Literature and Law"" 4. Douglas Baird, ""American Stoic"" 5. Janice Rogers Brown, ""No Balm in Gilead"" 6. Robin West ""Gatsby and Tort"" 7. A. Howard Matz, ""Struggles with Manhood in Angle of Repose"" 8. Michael Warner, ""Manning Up"" Part II: Outsiders 9. Martha C. Nussbaum, ""Jewish Men, Jewish Lawyers: Roth's 'Eli, the Fanatic' and the Question of Jewish Masculinity in American Law"" 10. David Halperin, ""What is Gay Male Feminity?"" 11. Saul Levmore, ""Snitching, Whistleblowing, and Barn Burning: Loyalty in Law, Literature, and Sports"" 12. Douglas P. Woodlock, ""Bullies and Martyrs: John Dos Passos and Adventures of a Young Man"" 13. Richard McAdams, ""Empathy and Masculinity in To Kill a Mockingbird"" 14. Julie C. Suk, ""Fatherhood and Crime in James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk"" 15. Glenda Carpio, ""Glimpses of a Man: Barack Obama's Autobiographical Reflections"" 16. Paxton Jamail Williams, ""The Indictment of the Law and Notions of Masculinity in Ossie Davis's Purlie Victorious"""Reviewsa fresh perspective John Vukmirovich, Times Literary Supplement Students of American literature would do well to consult this collection. Teh contributors (mostly jurists or professors of law, with the University of Chicago's law school well represented) are erudite readers and writers, and while one might not agree with their respective interpretations - or their handling of the material - together they offer a fresh perpective on a numbe rof American classics. John Vukmirovich, The Times Literary Supplement a fresh perspective John Vukmirovich, Times Literary Supplement Author InformationSaul Levmore is Graham Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School. Martha C. Nussbaum is Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, appointed in the Law School and Philosophy Department at the University of Chicago. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |