Maynard, Katherine Kearney,  1953- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-208) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203854372 (electronic bk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminal justice, Administration of.<br/>Vigilantes.<br/>Rule of law.<br/>Terrorism--Prevention.<br/>Revenge.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>K5001  / .M39 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>809.3/93556