Courting Failure: Women and the Law in Twentieth-Century Literature

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction Literature, Law, and Desire 1 Chapter One Prison, Passion, and the Female Gaze 31 Chapter Two Pursuit of Property: Neoslave Narratives and the Law 55 Chapter Three “Mother Knows Best”: Women, Children, and the Law 104 Chapter Four Staging the Scene: Women, Drama, and the Law 149 Chapter Five Spectacular Expectations: Women, Film, and the Law 172 Conclusion Courting Success 224 Notes 239 Bibliography 269 Index 286 ...