Law in Literature: Legal Themes in American Stories: 1842-1917

by Elizabeth Villiers Gemmette

The twenty stories included in this anthology were all written by American authors, and all of them were first published in the seventy-five years between 1842 and 1917. What the stories have in common is that each of them explores legal themes and issues. In this volume, stories written by women include "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell, Life in the Iron-Mills by Rebecca Harding Davis, and "The Godmother" by Kate Chopin. Stories written by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692514430
• ISBN13: 9780692514436
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Buckingham Group
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"