Law and Literature

Catalog description

Examines the centrality of law and justice to literature as well as the ways in which literature can help us think through legal questions and concerns. Considers topics such as the nature of law; the limits of legal authority; the legal construction of gender, race, and class; and the causes and consequences of crime and punishment. Authors may include Sophocles, Shakespeare, Melville, Dickens, Conan Doyle, and Atwood.