A Mistaken First Lombrosian Novel: The Born Criminal and the Criminal Heredity in «Crimen Legal» (1886) by Alejandro Sawa

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https://doi.org/10.24197/cel.12.2021.418-456

Keywords:

Alejandro Sawa, Crimen Legal, radical naturalism, Cesare Lombroso, born criminal

Abstract

This article refutes the approach accepted by the critics to define the figure of Richard, the protagonist of Crimen Legal (1886) by Alejandro Sawa. This has been seen as the first case of novelization of the born criminalby the Italian Criminal Anthropology, commanded by Cesare Lombroso, in light of his behavior, some physiognomic characteristics and family heritage.

 

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2021-04-09

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No. 12 (2021)

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ARTICLES

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A Mistaken First Lombrosian Novel: The Born Criminal and the Criminal Heredity in «Crimen Legal» (1886) by Alejandro Sawa. (2021). Castilla. Estudios De Literatura, 12, 418-456. https://doi.org/10.24197/cel.12.2021.418-456