Poetic Justice and Legal Fictions

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts
Cover of the book Poetic Justice and Legal Fictions by Jonathan Kertzer, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jonathan Kertzer ISBN: 9780511846670
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: March 25, 2010
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Jonathan Kertzer
ISBN: 9780511846670
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: March 25, 2010
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Literature reveals the intense efforts of moral imagination required to articulate what justice is and how it might be satisfied. Examining a wide variety of texts including Shakespeare's plays, Gilbert and Sullivan's operas, and modernist poetics, Poetic Justice and Legal Fictions explores how literary laws and values illuminate and challenge the jurisdiction of justice and the law. Jonathan Kertzer examines how justice is articulated by its command of, or submission to, time, nature, singularity, truth, transcendence and sacrifice, marking the distance between the promise of justice to satisfy our moral and sociable needs and its failure to do so. Poetic Justice and Legal Fictions will be invaluable reading for scholars of the law within literature and amongst modernist and twentieth century literature specialists.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Literature reveals the intense efforts of moral imagination required to articulate what justice is and how it might be satisfied. Examining a wide variety of texts including Shakespeare's plays, Gilbert and Sullivan's operas, and modernist poetics, Poetic Justice and Legal Fictions explores how literary laws and values illuminate and challenge the jurisdiction of justice and the law. Jonathan Kertzer examines how justice is articulated by its command of, or submission to, time, nature, singularity, truth, transcendence and sacrifice, marking the distance between the promise of justice to satisfy our moral and sociable needs and its failure to do so. Poetic Justice and Legal Fictions will be invaluable reading for scholars of the law within literature and amongst modernist and twentieth century literature specialists.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book 3-D Seismic Interpretation by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book Financial Assets, Debt and Liquidity Crises by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book Dance to the Tune of Life by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book Learning as a Generative Activity by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book Public-Private Partnership Projects in Infrastructure by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book Comprehensive Management of Arteriovenous Malformations of the Brain and Spine by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book Personification and the Feminine in Roman Philosophy by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book When Should State Secrets Stay Secret? by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book Principles of Psychiatric Genetics by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book The End of Dialogue in Antiquity by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book Soft Law and the Global Financial System by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book Atmospheric Radar by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book Seeing the Light: The Case for Nuclear Power in the 21st Century by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book Representing the Advantaged by Jonathan Kertzer
Cover of the book The Making of an SS Killer by Jonathan Kertzer
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy