This book is an original contribution to the field of law and literature. In addition to seeing law as a form of literature, it sees literature as a form of law, and examines the law-making qualities of fiction to explore the fiction-making qualities of law. Its examples range from Greek myth to contemporary writing, film and popular music, and suggest new ways of living with a...(展开全部)

The emergence of an interdisciplinary study of law and literature is one of the most exciting theoretical developments taking place in North America and Britain. In Law and Literature: Possibilities and Perspectives Ian Ward explores the educative ambitions of the law and literature movement, and its already established critical, ethical and political potential. He reveals the ...(展开全部)

The emergence of an interdisciplinary study of law and literature is one of the most exciting theoretical developments taking place in North America and Britain. In Law and Literature: Possibilities and Perspectives Ian Ward explores the educative ambitions of the law and literature movement, and its already established critical, ethical and political potential. He reveals the ...(展开全部)

Hailed in its first edition as an 'outstanding work, as stimulating as it is intellectually distinguished' ("New York Times"), "Law and Literature" has handily lived up to the "Washington Post's" prediction that the book would 'remain essential reading for many years to come'. This third edition, extensively revised and enlarged, is the only comprehensive book-length treatment ...(展开全部)

Hailed in its first edition as an 'outstanding work, as stimulating as it is intellectually distinguished' ("New York Times"), "Law and Literature" has handily lived up to the "Washington Post's" prediction that the book would 'remain essential reading for many years to come'. This third edition, extensively revised and enlarged, is the only comprehensive book-length treatment ...(展开全部)

THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER EDITION

THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER EDITION

Stories pervade our daily lives, from human interest news items, to a business strategy described to a colleague, to daydreams between chores. Stories are what we use to make sense of the world. But how does this work? In "Making Stories", psychologist Jerome Bruner examines this pervasive human habit and suggests new and deeper ways to think about how we use stories to make se...(展开全部)