'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...
Main Author: | Pidoux, Camille |
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Other Authors: | Ballaster, Ros |
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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 |
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