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

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Courting Failure Women and the Law in Twentieth-Century Literature Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson The University of Akron Press Akron, Ohio Copyright © 2007 Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson All rights reserved First edition 2007 Manufactured in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 All inquiries and permissions requests should be addressed to the publisher, The University of Akron Press, Akron, OH 44325–1703 library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Macpherson, Heidi Slettedahl. Courting failure : women and the law in twentieth-century literature / Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson. p. cm. — (Series on law, politics, and society) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-1-931968-47-8 (alk. paper) — isbn 978-1-931968-48-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. American literature—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Law in literature. 3. Women in literature. 4. Courts in literature. 5. Canadian literature—20th century—History and criticism. 6. English literature—20th century—History and criticism. 7. Women—Legal status, laws, etc. 8. Legal films (Drama)— History and criticism. 9. Legal television programs (Drama)— History and criticism. 10. Feminist literary criticism. I. Title. ps228.l39m33 2007 820.9'3554—dc22 2006039518 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48—1984. ∞ Cover art: Blind Justice III by Vergie Banks. All Copyrights Reserved by Artist Vergie Banks www.littleredtricycle.com To Allan, always ...