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Outlaws and Spies: Legal Exclusion in Law and Literature

By Conor McCarthy

Book information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781474455961, 1474455964
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
930 kB (951862 bytes)
Series
EDINBURGH CRITICAL STUDIES IN LAW, LITERATURE AND THE HUMANITIES
Pages
248(252)\252
Time added
2022-08-04 17:27:40

Description

By reading two bodies of literature not normally read together - the outlaw literature and espionage literature - Conor McCarthy shows how these genres represent and critique the longstanding use of legal exclusion as a means of supporting state power. Texts discussed range from the medieval Robin Hood ballads, Shakespeare's history plays, and versions of the Ned Kelly story to contemporary writing by John le Carre, Don DeLillo, Ciaran Carson and William Gibson. Acknowledgements Introduction Outside the Law in the Middle Ages Sovereign Outlaws: Shakespeare’s Second Tetralogy The Endurance of Exclusion: Versions of Ned Kelly ‘We’re not policemen’: Espionage and Law in John le Carré ‘All plots tend to move deathward’: Plots and Consequences in Don DeLillo Unanswered Questions: Ciaran Carson Contesting the Virtual: William Gibson Conclusion Bibliography Index

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