LEADER 02986nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910781769103321 005 20230126202547.0 010 $a1-60938-049-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000000044874 035 $a(EBL)843303 035 $a(OCoLC)744451866 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000520798 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11349825 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520798 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10514840 035 $a(PQKB)11664681 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843303 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16007 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843303 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10500160 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000044874 100 $a20110418d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAgainst the gallows$b[electronic resource] $eantebellum American writers and the movement to abolish capital punishment /$fPaul Christian Jones 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (242 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60938-048-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-222) and index. 327 $aHaunted 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. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aLiterature and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSocial problems in literature 606 $aCapital punishment in literature 606 $aCapital punishment$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aSocial problems in literature. 615 0$aCapital punishment in literature. 615 0$aCapital punishment$xMoral and ethical aspects 676 $a810.9/3556 700 $aJones$b Paul C.$f1969-$01100532 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781769103321 996 $aAgainst the gallows$93863132 997 $aUNINA