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speaking guilt in law & literature

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An edition of Troubling confessions (2000)

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speaking guilt in law & literature

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"In Troubling Confessions, Peter Brooks juxtaposes law and literature to explore the kinds of truth we associate with confessions, and why we both rely on them and regard them with suspicion. For centuries the law has considered confession to be "the queen of proofs," but it has also seen a need to regulate confessions and the circumstances under which they are made, as evidenced in the continuing debate over the Miranda decision.

Western culture has made confessional speech a prime measure of authenticity, seeing it as an expression of selfhood that bears witness to personal truth. Yet the urge to confess may be motivated by inextricable layers of shame, guilt, self-loathing, and the desire to propitiate figures of authority.

Literature has often understood the problematic nature of confession better than the law, as Brooks demonstrates in perceptive readings of legal cases set against works by Roussean, Dostoevsky, Joyce, and Camus, among others."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
207

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Troubling Confessions: Speaking Guilt in Law and Literature
October 1, 2001, University Of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: Troubling confessions
Troubling confessions: speaking guilt in law & literature
2000, University of Chicago Press
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-193) and index.

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Chicago

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
809/.93353
Library of Congress
PN56.C67 B76 2000, PN56.C67B76 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 207 p. ;
Number of pages
207

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Open Library
OL52280M
Internet Archive
troublingconfess00broo
ISBN 10
0226075850
LCCN
99059060
OCLC/WorldCat
42921360
Library Thing
518156
Goodreads
1537041

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