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UNINA9910480112403321 |
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Autore |
Kamuf Peggy <1947-> |
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Titolo |
Literature and the remains of the death penalty / / Peggy Kamuf |
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New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2019 |
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ISBN |
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0-8232-8480-8 |
0-8232-8231-7 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (94 pages) |
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Collana |
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Idiom: Inventing Writing Theory |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Capital punishment in literature |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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This edition previously issued in print: 2018. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work pursues Derrida's assertion, in 'The Death Penalty, Volume I', that 'the modern history of the institution named literature in Europe over the last three or four centuries is contemporary with and indissociable from a contestation of the death penalty.' The main question this text poses is: How does literature contest the death penalty today, particularly in the United States where it remains the last of its kind, a Christian-inspired death penalty in what professes to be a democracy? |
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