Écrits sur la pauvreté et le crime. L’Enquête de 1751 et le Projet de 1753

Écrits sur la pauvreté et le crime L’Enquête de 1751 et le Projet de 1753

Publication type: Book
Author: Fielding (Henry)
Editor-translator: Carré (Jacques)
Abstract: In the 1750s, Henry Fielding writes his Enquiry into the Increase of Robbers, where the humorous novelist gives way to a gloomy moralist connecting poverty with crime. His Proposals for the Poor recommends the building of a huge workhouse where paupers and prisoners would be submitted to forced labour.
Number of pages: 263
Parution: 06-01-2022
Collection: World Literature, n° 40
CLIL theme: 4033 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Langues étrangères
EAN: 9782406128571
ISBN: 978-2-406-12857-1
ISSN: 2115-5674
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-12859-5
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 06-01-2022
Language: French
Keyword: London, justice, underworld, crime, prison, workhouse