Revenge versus legality : wild justice from Balzac to Clint Eastwood and Abu Ghraib / / Katherine Maynard, Jarod Kearney, and James Guimond.
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 214 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Revenge and the detective tradition : when dogs don't bark, and detectives don't tell
- Some like it wild : supernatural revenge in Sheridan Le Fanu's Mr. Justice / Harbottle
- Law and the romantic ego : conspiracy and justice in Honore de Balzac's Le Pere Goriot
- Justice, race, and revenge in Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson
- The empire strikes back : imperialism and justice in E.M. Forster's A passage to India
- Race, sex, fear, revenge in Richard Wright's Native son
- State terrorism and revenge in Andre Brink's A dry white season
- Rogue cops and beltway vigilantes.