Outlaws and Spies

Legal Exclusion in Law and Literature

Conor McCarthy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2020
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-5593-0 (ISBN)

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Conor McCarthy shows how outlaw literature and espionage literature critique the 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 the Ned Kelly story to John le Carré, Don DeLillo, Ciaran Carson and William Gibson.

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 Carré, Don DeLillo, Ciaran Carson and William Gibson.

Conor McCarthy is Director of Philanthropy at the National Library of Australia.

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

BibliographyIndex

Erscheinungsdatum	03.04.2020
Reihe/Serie	Edinburgh Critical Studies in Law, Literature and the Humanities
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	528 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
ISBN-10	1-4744-5593-X / 147445593X
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-5593-0 / 9781474455930
Zustand	Neuware