ISBN:
9780754671039
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 215 S.
Series Statement:
Law, justice and power
DDC:
809/.933554
Keywords:
Law and literature
;
Law in literature
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
'My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!' : Hamlet, hot blood and malice aforethought -- 'She has her just deserts by your unjust act' : Electra, revenge and the (im)possibility of a just cause -- 'Abandon every hope all you who enter' : punishment, communication and the longevity of the whole life sentence -- 'What sharp teeth you have, grandmother!' : Grimm's tales of innocence and experience -- Innocence, the image and the unseen paedophile : spotting indecency in images of children -- 'I must not let anyone in : the seven dwarfs have forbidden me to do so' : the violence of innocence -- 'What they are, yet I know not : but they shall be the terrors of the earth' : nightmares of science/fiction -- Science fiction and the sadness of biotechnology : deconstructing conservative nostalgia
Description / Table of Contents:
"My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!" Hamlet, hot blood and malice aforethought -- "She has her just deserts by your unjust act" : revenge and the (im)possibility of a just cause for provoked killing -- "Abandon every hope all you who enter" : punishment, communication and the longevity of the whole life sentence -- "What sharp teeth you have, grandmother!" : songs of innocence and experience -- Innocence, the image and the unseen paedophile : spotting indecency in images of children -- "I must not let anyone in : the seven dwarfs have forbidden me to do so" : the violence of innocence -- "What they are, yet I know not : but they shall be the terrors of the earth" : nightmares of science/fiction -- Science fiction and the sadness of biotechnology : deconstructing conservative nostalgia.
Note:
Includes index
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