The Resource Dickens's forensic realism : truth, bodies, evidence, Andrew Mangham
Dickens's forensic realism : truth, bodies, evidence, Andrew Mangham
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- Summary
- Dickens{u2019}s Forensic Realism: Truth, Bodies, Evidence by Andrew Mangham is one of the first studies to bring the medical humanities to bear on the work of Dickens. Turning to the field of forensic medicine (or medical jurisprudence), Mangham uncovers legal and medical contexts for Dickens{u2019}s ideas that result in new readings of novels, short stories, and journalism by this major Victorian author. Dickens{u2019}s Forensic Realism argues that the rich and unstable nature of truth and representation in Dickens owes much to the ideas and strategies of a forensic Victorian age, obsessed with questioning the relationship between clues and truths, evidences and answers. As Mangham shows, forensic medicine grew out of a perceived need to understand things with accuracy, leaning in part on the range of objectivities that inspired the inorganic sciences. At the same time, it had the burden of assisting the law in convicting the guilty and in exonerating the innocent. Practitioners of forensic medicine were uniquely mindful of unwanted variables such as human error and the vagaries of interpretation. In readings of Oliver Twist, Our Mutual Friend, Bleak House, The Pickwick Papers, Great Expectations, and Dickens{u2019}s early journalism, Mangham demonstrates that these questions about signification, perception, and reality are central to the stylistic complexities and playful tone often associated with Dickens. Moreover, the medico-legal context of Dickens{u2019}s fiction illuminates the richness and profundity, style and impact of Dicken{u2019}s narratives
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9780814213247
- Label
- Dickens's forensic realism : truth, bodies, evidence
- Title
- Dickens's forensic realism
- Title remainder
- truth, bodies, evidence
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew Mangham
- Subject
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- Dead in literature
- Death in literature
- Death in literature
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Human body in literature
- Medical jurisprudence
- Medical jurisprudence
- Medicine in literature
- Medicine in literature
- Human body in literature
- Dead in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Dickens{u2019}s Forensic Realism: Truth, Bodies, Evidence by Andrew Mangham is one of the first studies to bring the medical humanities to bear on the work of Dickens. Turning to the field of forensic medicine (or medical jurisprudence), Mangham uncovers legal and medical contexts for Dickens{u2019}s ideas that result in new readings of novels, short stories, and journalism by this major Victorian author. Dickens{u2019}s Forensic Realism argues that the rich and unstable nature of truth and representation in Dickens owes much to the ideas and strategies of a forensic Victorian age, obsessed with questioning the relationship between clues and truths, evidences and answers. As Mangham shows, forensic medicine grew out of a perceived need to understand things with accuracy, leaning in part on the range of objectivities that inspired the inorganic sciences. At the same time, it had the burden of assisting the law in convicting the guilty and in exonerating the innocent. Practitioners of forensic medicine were uniquely mindful of unwanted variables such as human error and the vagaries of interpretation. In readings of Oliver Twist, Our Mutual Friend, Bleak House, The Pickwick Papers, Great Expectations, and Dickens{u2019}s early journalism, Mangham demonstrates that these questions about signification, perception, and reality are central to the stylistic complexities and playful tone often associated with Dickens. Moreover, the medico-legal context of Dickens{u2019}s fiction illuminates the richness and profundity, style and impact of Dicken{u2019}s narratives
- Cataloging source
- OU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1979-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mangham, Andrew
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dickens, Charles
- Dickens, Charles
- Dickens, Charles
- Dead in literature
- Death in literature
- Human body in literature
- Medicine in literature
- Medical jurisprudence
- Dead in literature
- Death in literature
- Human body in literature
- Medical jurisprudence
- Medicine in literature
- Medicine in literature
- Medical jurisprudence
- Label
- Dickens's forensic realism : truth, bodies, evidence, Andrew Mangham
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9780814213247
- Lccn
- 2016036321
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)957656306
- Label
- Dickens's forensic realism : truth, bodies, evidence, Andrew Mangham
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9780814213247
- Lccn
- 2016036321
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)957656306
Subject
- Dead in literature
- Death in literature
- Death in literature
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Human body in literature
- Medical jurisprudence
- Medical jurisprudence
- Medicine in literature
- Medicine in literature
- Human body in literature
- Dead in literature
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