{"product_id":"dark-mirror-richard-c-sterne-9780823215102","title":"Dark Mirror: The Sense of Injustice in Modern European and American Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eFocusing on European and American trial fiction since about 1880, \u003ci\u003eDark Mirror \u003c\/i\u003eargues that although it is generally animated by a sense of injustice, this literature reflects the virtual collapse in Western culture of the idea of a universal, or \"natural,\" ethical law. From the ancient Greeks to the Victorians, that idea, though powerfully contested by the notion that justice was simply \"the interest of the stronger,\" remained vigorously alive in books as in people's minds. It thus constituted an alternative to injustice which modern literature, whether its angle is religious, social, or absurdist, rarely presents. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSterne presents the argument that the tradition of natural law can be adapted to the present condition, a hypothesis that necessitates a view of an international community in which distributive as well as punitive justice is done. Creators of literature, who have so persuasively dramatized the corruptions, cruelties, and absurdities of our time, would then eb called upon to increasingly choose to imagine \"just\" ways for us to emerge from chaos. \u003ci\u003eDark Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is the first study that combines, comprehensively, the treatment of the historical conflict between idealistic (natural law) and \"realistic\" or cynical approaches to the idea of justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard C. Sterne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823215105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823215102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 5.96w x 0.65d","brand":"Richard C. Sterne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086977544447,"sku":"9780823215102","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f1f98cf-7ebd-4b10-8a79-be2f775f06a1.jpg?v=1769097596","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dark-mirror-richard-c-sterne-9780823215102","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}