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Teaching Law and Literature, Paperback / softback Book

Teaching Law and Literature Paperback / softback

Edited by Austin Sarat, Cathrine O. Frank, Matthew Anderson

Part of the Options for Teaching 32 series

Paperback / softback

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Provides a resource for teachers interested in learning about the field of law and literature and shows how to bring its insights to bear in their classrooms, both in the liberal arts and in law schools.

Essays in the first section, “Theory and History of the Movement,” provide a retrospective of the field and look forward to new developments.

The second section, “Model Courses,” offers readers an array of possibilities for structuring courses that integrate legal issues with the study of literature, from The Canterbury Tales to current prison literature.

In “Texts,” the third section, guidance is provided for teaching not only written documents (novels, plays, trial reports) but also cultural objects: digital media, Native American ceremonies, documentary theater, hip-hop.

The volume’s contributors investigate what constitutes law and literature and how each informs the other.

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Also in the Options for Teaching 32 series