Coda: Leaving Midlothian

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vi
4. Introduction: The Tolbooth Door 1
5. Part I Adultery as Actus Reus
6. 1 Adultery, Criminality, and the Myth of English Sovereignty 19
7. 2 The Gothic Law of Marriage 54
8. Part II Child Criminality as Mens Rea
9. 3 The “Faerie Court” of Child Punishment 97
10. Part III The Rape Victim as Evidence
11. 4 The Rape Novel and Reputation Evidence 145
12. 5 Literary Rape Trials and the Trauma of National Identity 190
13. Coda: Leaving Midlothian 225
14. Bibliography 228
15. Index 245