Revenge versus legality wild justice from Balzac to Clint Eastwood and Abu Ghraib /
Maynard, Katherine Kearney, 1953-
Revenge versus legality wild justice from Balzac to Clint Eastwood and Abu Ghraib / [electronic resource] : Katherine Maynard, Jarod Kearney, and James Guimond. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010. - xiii, 214 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-208) and index.
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 / Harbottle -- Law and the romantic ego : conspiracy and justice in Honore de Balzac's Le Pere 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780203854372 (electronic bk.)
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Vigilantes.
Rule of law.
Terrorism--Prevention.
Revenge.
Electronic books.
K5001 / .M39 2010
809.3/93556
Revenge versus legality wild justice from Balzac to Clint Eastwood and Abu Ghraib / [electronic resource] : Katherine Maynard, Jarod Kearney, and James Guimond. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010. - xiii, 214 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-208) and index.
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 / Harbottle -- Law and the romantic ego : conspiracy and justice in Honore de Balzac's Le Pere 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780203854372 (electronic bk.)
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Vigilantes.
Rule of law.
Terrorism--Prevention.
Revenge.
Electronic books.
K5001 / .M39 2010
809.3/93556