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Author:   Adam Hanna ,  Eugene McNulty
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
ISBN:  

9781802077018

ISBN 10:   1802077014
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   01 September 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Proem: 'Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, 2013' Julie MorrissyIntroduction: Law and Literature / The Irish Case Adam Hanna and Eugene McNultyOpening Argument: Interpretation in Law and Literature Tom Hickey and David Kenny Part I: Alternative Jurisdictions 1. Saying Unsaid: Law Transformed in Annemarie Ni Churreain's Bloodroot (2017)Adam Gearey2. Laughter Before the Law: Censorship, Caricature and Hunger Strike in Modern Irish Literature and Art Barry Sheils3. Citizenship and Connection in Doireann Ni Ghriofa's Clasp (2015) Adam Hanna 4. Writing Law(lessness): Legal Pluralism and Narrative Structure in Emily Lawless's Hurrish (1886). Heather Laird Part II: The Writer in Court 5. Imagination versus the Law: Oscar Wilde Noreen Doody6. Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum - Revisiting the Wildes on Trial Gearoid O'Flaherty 7. World War II Treason Trials and the Legacy of Irish Rebellion in Rebecca West's The Meaning of Treason (1948) Katherine Ebury8. Legible Letters: The Cases of Patrick Pearse and the 'English' Alphabet Colum Kenny Part III: The Court in Writing 9. Through a Legal Looking-Glass: Maria Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent (1800) and the LawMax Barrett10. Rape Narratives, Women's Testimony, and Irish Law in Asking for It and Dark Chapter Rebecca Anne Barr 11. 'Pleading My Cause': Literature and the Law in Irish Romanticism James Kelly12. The Judge and The Human Hansard in Brian Friel's Theatre Virginie Roche-Tiengo13. Moral Legibility: Dion Boucicault and the Melodramatic Legal Scene Eugene Mc Nulty

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Adam Hanna is Lecturer in Irish Literature in the Department of English at University College Cork. Eugene McNulty is Professor of English at Dublin City University.

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