Introduction -- The Poet with a Briefcase: The Russian Lawyer's Quest for the Professional Ideal -- The Russian Writer against the Polish Lawyer: Art, Authority, and Authenticity in the Kronenberg Courtroom and Beyond -- "The Vir Bonus" and "the Premier Amoureux": The Lawyer's Eloquence under Attack -- "The Novel of Circumstantial Evidence": Reinterpreting "A Judicial Error" -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Nineteenth-century Russian literature abounds in negative images of lawyers and the law. The Letters and the Law is the first book to frame the conflict between writers and lawyers as a competition for cultural authority"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory
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