{"product_id":"dickenss-forensic-realism-andrew-mangham-9780814253861","title":"Dickens's Forensic Realism: Truth, Bodies, Evidence","description":"\u003ci\u003eDickens's Forensic Realism: Truth, Bodies, Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e by Andrew Mangham is one of the first studies to bring the medical humanities to bear on the work of Dickens. Turning to the field of forensic medicine (or medical jurisprudence), Mangham uncovers legal and medical contexts for Dickens's ideas that result in new readings of novels, short stories, and journalism by this major Victorian author. \u003ci\u003eDickens's Forensic Realism\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the rich and unstable nature of truth and representation in Dickens owes much to the ideas and strategies of a forensic Victorian age, obsessed with questioning the relationship between clues and truths, evidences and answers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Mangham shows, forensic medicine grew out of a perceived need to understand things with accuracy, leaning in part on the range of objectivities that inspired the inorganic sciences. At the same time, it had the burden of assisting the law in convicting the guilty and in exonerating the innocent. Practitioners of forensic medicine were uniquely mindful of unwanted variables such as human error and the vagaries of interpretation. In readings of \u003ci\u003eOliver Twist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOur Mutual Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBleak House, The Pickwick Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e, and Dickens's early journalism, Mangham demonstrates that these questions about signification, perception, and reality are central to the stylistic complexities and playful tone often associated with Dickens. Moreover, the medico-legal context of Dickens's fiction illuminates the richness and profundity, style and impact of Dicken's narratives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Mangham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814253865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814253861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Andrew Mangham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44169676161279,"sku":"9780814253861","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8d12c08-c004-4bba-bd17-1e8afb323573.jpg?v=1689654282","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dickenss-forensic-realism-andrew-mangham-9780814253861","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}