Criminals as Animals from Shakespeare to Lombroso.

Criminals as Animals demonstrates how animal metaphors have been used to denigrate persons identified as criminal in literature, law, and science. It traces the popularization of the 'criminal beast' metaphor in the late 16th century, the troubling of the trope during the long 18th century...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Olson, Greta
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin : De Gruyter, 2013. ©2013.
Series:	Law & Literature.
Subjects:	English literature > History and criticism. Criminals in literature. Animals in literature. Human-animal relationships in literature. English literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.