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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454037503321

Autore

Loebel Thomas <1965->

Titolo

The letter and the spirit of nineteenth-century American literature [[electronic resource] ] : justice, politics, and theology / / Thomas Loebel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-86299-5

9786612862991

0-7735-7231-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/3554

Soggetti

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Law and literature - United States - History - 19th century

Justice in literature

Theology in literature

Politics and literature - United States - History - 19th century

Discourse analysis, Narrative

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-287) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The justice of sentencing, or how (not) to speak -- "A" confession : how to avoid speaking the name of the father -- Constituting justice : Unionist-Republican and Confederate-Democratic narratives -- The feminine, the Judaic, the Pauline, and the political : Uncle Tom's Cabin and the ethical critique of justice -- Exodus politics and the redemption of difference -- Rendering justice in The Grandissimes : advocacy and others' voices -- Conclusion : Confederate democracy and the non-in-different Constitution.