02986nam 2200589 a 450 991078176910332120230126202547.01-60938-049-5(CKB)2550000000044874(EBL)843303(OCoLC)744451866(SSID)ssj0000520798(PQKBManifestationID)11349825(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520798(PQKBWorkID)10514840(PQKB)11664681(MiAaPQ)EBC843303(MdBmJHUP)muse16007(Au-PeEL)EBL843303(CaPaEBR)ebr10500160(EXLCZ)99255000000004487420110418d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAgainst the gallows[electronic resource] antebellum American writers and the movement to abolish capital punishment /Paul Christian JonesIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20111 online resource (242 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60938-048-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-222) and index.Haunted by the gallows: Antebellum American literature and capital punishment -- The politics of poetry: The democratic review and anti-gallows verse in 1840s America -- The American Newgate novel: Antebellum crime fiction and anti- gallows sympathy -- Walt Whitman's anti-gallows writing: The appeal to Christian sympathy -- Women's anti-gallows writing: The sentimental strategy of E. D. E. N. Southworth -- Herman Melville's Billy Budd: The legacy of antebellum anti-gallows literature.In Against the Gallows, Paul Christian Jones explores the intriguing cooperation of America's writers-including major figures such as Walt Whitman, John Greenleaf Whittier, E. D. E. N. Southworth, and Herman Melville-with reformers, politicians, clergymen, and periodical editors who attempted to end the practice of capital punishment in the United States during the 1840's and 1850's. In an age of passionate reform efforts, the antigallows movement enjoyed broad popularity, waging its campaign in legislatures, pulpits, newspapers, and literary journals.Literature and societyUnited StatesHistory19th centurySocial problems in literatureCapital punishment in literatureCapital punishmentMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesLiterature and societyHistorySocial problems in literature.Capital punishment in literature.Capital punishmentMoral and ethical aspects810.9/3556Jones Paul C.1969-1100532MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781769103321Against the gallows3863132UNINA