“Easy moveables”: life-writing, the thief, and the circulation of objects in eighteenth-century Britain, 1724-1774

<p>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, crim...

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Main Author: Pidoux, C
Other Authors: Ballaster, R
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2016