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The dissertation focuses on the case of Tali Fahima, an Israeli woman who was charged with assisting the enemy in times of war, an offense punishable in Israel by death, and who was sentenced in 2005 by an Israeli district court for three years in prison. Fahima gained notoriety…

This dissertation examines popular literary representations of domestic crime in Elizabethan and Stuart England (circa 1550-1650), exploring the ways real-life scandals were torn from the headlines to address contemporary anxieties about gender roles, treason, obedience, and the…