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Outlaws and Spies: Legal Exclusion in Law and Literature

Outlaws and Spies: Legal Exclusion in Law and Literature

Name: Outlaws and Spies: Legal Exclusion in Law and Literature
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
SKU: 9781474455947
Price: 327.48 HKD
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Author: Conor McCarthy
ISBN: 9781474455947

By Conor McCarthy

Edinburgh University Press March 2022

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ISBN-13: 9781474455947
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication: March 2022
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Examines the role of literature in representing and critiquing the exclusion from law as an enduring tactic of state power Reads outlaw literature and espionage literature together Shows how these genres represent and critique the longstanding use of legal exclusion as a means of supporting state power Discusses texts ranging from the medieval Robin Hood ballads, Shakespeare’s history plays and versions of the Ned Kelly story to contemporary writing by John le Carré, Don DeLillo, Ciaran Carson and William Gibson Outlaws are often viewed as historical figures of popular resistance, but there is another side to legal exclusion. In offering readings from two bodies of literature not normally read together – the literature of outlawry and the literature of espionage – this book shows that a substantial body of writing within these genres serves an important purpose in representing and critiquing the longstanding use of legal exclusion as a means of supporting state power.

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