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Against the gallows : antebellum American writers and the movement to abolish capital punishment / / Paul Christian Jones



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Autore: Jones Paul C. <1969-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Against the gallows : antebellum American writers and the movement to abolish capital punishment / / Paul Christian Jones Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2011
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
Disciplina: 810.9/3556
Soggetto topico: Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century
Social problems in literature
Capital punishment in literature
Capital punishment - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-222) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Against the gallows  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-60938-049-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816949903321
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