'Easy moveables' : life-writing, the thief, and the circulation of objects in eighteenth-century Britain, 1724-1774
This thesis argues that the representation of male thieves in eighteenth-century criminal life-writing is shaped by their relationship with objects, and shaped differently according to the nature of those objects. In spite of its formulaic, lowbrow and often uninspired characteristics, criminal lite...
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University of Oxford
2016
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.748654 |