Laura Hanft Korobkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5201901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Hanft Korobkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura Hanft |
| FAMILY NAME | Korobkin |
| SIGNATURE | KOROBKIN L H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
William Dean Howells’s Deserted Wife
This essay challenges received readings of William Dean Howells’s A Modern Instance and well-established critical assumptions that associate his realist project with public male legal discourse and define it strongly against presumptively feminine rhetorical strategies like sentimentality. In A Modern Instance, Howells shows the professional effectiveness of strategically deployed affective narration in the courtroom, making it a necessary subjec…
Women, Money, and the Law
Journal Article Women, Money, and the Law: Nineteenth-Century Fiction, Gender, and the Courts Get access Warren Joyce W.. Women, Money, and the Law: Nineteenth-Century Fiction, Gender, and the Courts. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2005. viii, 373 pp. $44.95. Laura H. Korobkin Laura H. Korobkin Boston University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 47, Issue 3, Ju…
Criminal Conversations
Journal Article Criminal Conversations: Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal Stories of Adultery Get access Korobkin Laura Hanft, Criminal Conversations: Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal Stories of Adultery. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. vii, 247 pp. $49.50 (cloth). $18.50 (paper). Melissa J. Ganz Melissa J. Ganz Yale University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journa…
Criminal Conversations
The Plight of Feeling
Criminal Conversations
Journal Article Criminal Conversations: Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal Stories of Adultery. By Laura Hanft Korobkin. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. x, 247 pp. Cloth, $49.50, ISBN 0-231-10508-8. Paper, $18.50, ISBN 0-231-10509-6.) Get access Michael Grossberg Michael Grossberg Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volu…
Criminal Conversations, Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal Stories of Adultery
Journal Article Criminal Conversations: Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal Stories of Adultery Get access Korobkin Laura Hanft, Criminal Conversations: Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal Stories of Adultery. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. vii, 247 pp. $49.50 (cloth). $18.50 (paper). Melissa J. Ganz Melissa J. Ganz Yale University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journa…
Murder by Madman
Research Article| December 01 2000 Murder by Madman: Criminal Responsibility, Law, and Judgment in Wieland Laura H. Korobkin Laura H. Korobkin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature (2000) 72 (4): 721–750. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-72-4-721 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Laura H. Korobkin; Murder by Madman: Criminal Responsibility, Law, and Judgment in Wielan…
Murder Most Foul
Introduction 1. The Murderer as Common Sinner 2. The Birth of Horror 3. The Pornography of Violence 4. The Construction of Murder as Mystery 5. Murder in the Family Circle 6. Murdering Medusa 7. The Murderer as Mental Alien Epilogue Notes Index
Murder by Madman
Research Article| December 01 2000 Murder by Madman: Criminal Responsibility, Law, and Judgment in Wieland Laura H. Korobkin Laura H. Korobkin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature (2000) 72 (4): 721–750. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-72-4-721 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Laura H. Korobkin; Murder by Madman: Criminal Responsibility, Law, and Judgment in Wielan…
The Plight of Feeling
Murder Most Foul
Introduction 1. The Murderer as Common Sinner 2. The Birth of Horror 3. The Pornography of Violence 4. The Construction of Murder as Mystery 5. Murder in the Family Circle 6. Murdering Medusa 7. The Murderer as Mental Alien Epilogue Notes Index
Criminal Conversations
The Plight of Feeling
Criminal Conversations
Journal Article Criminal Conversations: Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal Stories of Adultery. By Laura Hanft Korobkin. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. x, 247 pp. Cloth, $49.50, ISBN 0-231-10508-8. Paper, $18.50, ISBN 0-231-10509-6.) Get access Michael Grossberg Michael Grossberg Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volu…
Criminal Conversations, Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal Stories of Adultery
Journal Article Criminal Conversations: Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal Stories of Adultery Get access Korobkin Laura Hanft, Criminal Conversations: Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal Stories of Adultery. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. vii, 247 pp. $49.50 (cloth). $18.50 (paper). Melissa J. Ganz Melissa J. Ganz Yale University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journa…
Murder by Madman
Research Article| December 01 2000 Murder by Madman: Criminal Responsibility, Law, and Judgment in Wieland Laura H. Korobkin Laura H. Korobkin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature (2000) 72 (4): 721–750. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-72-4-721 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Laura H. Korobkin; Murder by Madman: Criminal Responsibility, Law, and Judgment in Wielan…
Criminal Conversations
Journal Article Criminal Conversations: Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal Stories of Adultery Get access Korobkin Laura Hanft, Criminal Conversations: Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal Stories of Adultery. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. vii, 247 pp. $49.50 (cloth). $18.50 (paper). Melissa J. Ganz Melissa J. Ganz Yale University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journa…
Women, Money, and the Law
Journal Article Women, Money, and the Law: Nineteenth-Century Fiction, Gender, and the Courts Get access Warren Joyce W.. Women, Money, and the Law: Nineteenth-Century Fiction, Gender, and the Courts. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2005. viii, 373 pp. $44.95. Laura H. Korobkin Laura H. Korobkin Boston University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 47, Issue 3, Ju…
William Dean Howells’s Deserted Wife
This essay challenges received readings of William Dean Howells’s A Modern Instance and well-established critical assumptions that associate his realist project with public male legal discourse and define it strongly against presumptively feminine rhetorical strategies like sentimentality. In A Modern Instance, Howells shows the professional effectiveness of strategically deployed affective narration in the courtroom, making it a necessary subjec…
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