Revenge versus legality [electronic resource] : wild justice from Balzac to Clint Eastwood and Abu Ghraib / Katherine Maynard, Jarod Kearney and James Guimond.

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Maynard, Katherine

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Publication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Birkbeck Law Press, 2010.Description: xiii, 214 p. : illISBN:

9780203854372

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Introduction -- Revenge and the detective tradition : when dogs don't bark, and detectives don't tell -- Some like it wild : supernatural revenge in Sheridan Le Fanu's Mr. Justice -- Law and the romantic ego : conspiracy and justice in Honoré de Balzac's Le Père Goriot -- Justice, race, and revenge in Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson -- The empire strikes back : imperialism and justice in E.M. Forster's A passage to India -- Race, sex, fear, revenge in Richard Wright's Native son -- State terrorism and revenge in Andre Brink's A dry white season -- Rogue cops and beltway vigilantes.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-208) and index.

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