Alone in America [[electronic resource] ] : the stories that matter / / Robert A. Ferguson |
Autore | Ferguson Robert A. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 283 pages) |
Disciplina | 813.009/353 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - History and criticism
Loneliness in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-674-07070-4
0-674-06803-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Does nobody here know Rip Van Winkle? -- Nathaniel Hawthorne dissects betrayal -- Louisa May Alcott meets Mark Twain over the young face of change -- Henry James and Zora Neale Hurston answer to defeat -- Edith Wharton's anatomy of personal breakdown -- Midpoint: the lords of life revisited -- The immigrant novel: fear and identity in America -- William Faulkner and Toni Morrison plot racial difference -- Saul Bellow observes old age -- Don DeLillo and Marilynne Robinson mourn loss -- Walt Whitman finds the courage to be. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463351203321 |
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Alone in America [[electronic resource] ] : the stories that matter / / Robert A. Ferguson |
Autore | Ferguson Robert A. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 283 pages) |
Disciplina | 813.009/353 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - History and criticism
Loneliness in literature |
ISBN |
0-674-07070-4
0-674-06803-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Does nobody here know Rip Van Winkle? -- Nathaniel Hawthorne dissects betrayal -- Louisa May Alcott meets Mark Twain over the young face of change -- Henry James and Zora Neale Hurston answer to defeat -- Edith Wharton's anatomy of personal breakdown -- Midpoint: the lords of life revisited -- The immigrant novel: fear and identity in America -- William Faulkner and Toni Morrison plot racial difference -- Saul Bellow observes old age -- Don DeLillo and Marilynne Robinson mourn loss -- Walt Whitman finds the courage to be. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786153703321 |
Ferguson Robert A. <1942->
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2013 | ||
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Alone in America [[electronic resource] ] : the stories that matter / / Robert A. Ferguson |
Autore | Ferguson Robert A. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 283 pages) |
Disciplina | 813.009/353 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - History and criticism
Loneliness in literature |
ISBN |
0-674-07070-4
0-674-06803-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Does nobody here know Rip Van Winkle? -- Nathaniel Hawthorne dissects betrayal -- Louisa May Alcott meets Mark Twain over the young face of change -- Henry James and Zora Neale Hurston answer to defeat -- Edith Wharton's anatomy of personal breakdown -- Midpoint: the lords of life revisited -- The immigrant novel: fear and identity in America -- William Faulkner and Toni Morrison plot racial difference -- Saul Bellow observes old age -- Don DeLillo and Marilynne Robinson mourn loss -- Walt Whitman finds the courage to be. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823286803321 |
Ferguson Robert A. <1942->
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2013 | ||
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Inferno : an anatomy of American punishment / / Robert A. Ferguson |
Autore | Ferguson Robert A. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.601 |
Soggetto topico |
Punishment - Philosophy
Punishment - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-674-36993-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction The Intractable Problem -- 1. Punishment Misunderstood -- 2. The Rachet Effect in Theory -- 3. The Mixed Signs in Suffering -- 4. The Legal Punishers -- 5. The Legally Punished -- 6. The Punitive Impulse in American Society -- 7. The Law against Itself -- Coda The Psychology of Punishment -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Further Reading -- Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463938803321 |
Ferguson Robert A. <1942->
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014 | ||
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Inferno : an anatomy of American punishment / / Robert A. Ferguson |
Autore | Ferguson Robert A. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.601 |
Soggetto topico |
Punishment - Philosophy
Punishment - United States |
ISBN | 0-674-36993-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction The Intractable Problem -- 1. Punishment Misunderstood -- 2. The Rachet Effect in Theory -- 3. The Mixed Signs in Suffering -- 4. The Legal Punishers -- 5. The Legally Punished -- 6. The Punitive Impulse in American Society -- 7. The Law against Itself -- Coda The Psychology of Punishment -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Further Reading -- Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787709503321 |
Ferguson Robert A. <1942->
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Inferno : an anatomy of American punishment / / Robert A. Ferguson |
Autore | Ferguson Robert A. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.601 |
Soggetto topico |
Punishment - Philosophy
Punishment - United States |
ISBN | 0-674-36993-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction The Intractable Problem -- 1. Punishment Misunderstood -- 2. The Rachet Effect in Theory -- 3. The Mixed Signs in Suffering -- 4. The Legal Punishers -- 5. The Legally Punished -- 6. The Punitive Impulse in American Society -- 7. The Law against Itself -- Coda The Psychology of Punishment -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Further Reading -- Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810533303321 |
Ferguson Robert A. <1942->
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014 | ||
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Practice extended : beyond law and literature / / Robert A. Ferguson |
Autore | Ferguson Robert A. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
Disciplina | 809.933554 |
Soggetto topico |
Law and literature
Law in literature Judicial opinion Lawyers as authors Culture and law Law and ethics Legal stories - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-231-54059-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The U.S. Constitution as Literature -- 2. The Place of Mercy in Legal Discourse -- 3. Immigration Law -- 4. Holmes and the Judicial Figure -- 5. The Opinion as Literary Genre -- 6. Ulysses in Government Hands -- 7. Lawyer Lincoln: The Making of Eloquence -- 8. Memorialization and the Spirit of Law -- 9. Precision in Persuasion -- 10. The Somers Mutiny and the American Ship of State -- 11. Invading Panama -- Coda -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460758003321 |
Ferguson Robert A. <1942->
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016 | ||
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Practice extended : beyond law and literature / / Robert A. Ferguson |
Autore | Ferguson Robert A. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
Disciplina | 809.933554 |
Soggetto topico |
Law and literature
Law in literature Judicial opinion Lawyers as authors Culture and law Law and ethics Legal stories - History and criticism |
ISBN | 0-231-54059-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The U.S. Constitution as Literature -- 2. The Place of Mercy in Legal Discourse -- 3. Immigration Law -- 4. Holmes and the Judicial Figure -- 5. The Opinion as Literary Genre -- 6. Ulysses in Government Hands -- 7. Lawyer Lincoln: The Making of Eloquence -- 8. Memorialization and the Spirit of Law -- 9. Precision in Persuasion -- 10. The Somers Mutiny and the American Ship of State -- 11. Invading Panama -- Coda -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797928003321 |
Ferguson Robert A. <1942->
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Practice extended : beyond law and literature / / Robert A. Ferguson |
Autore | Ferguson Robert A. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
Disciplina | 809.933554 |
Soggetto topico |
Law and literature
Law in literature Judicial opinion Lawyers as authors Culture and law Law and ethics Legal stories - History and criticism |
ISBN | 0-231-54059-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The U.S. Constitution as Literature -- 2. The Place of Mercy in Legal Discourse -- 3. Immigration Law -- 4. Holmes and the Judicial Figure -- 5. The Opinion as Literary Genre -- 6. Ulysses in Government Hands -- 7. Lawyer Lincoln: The Making of Eloquence -- 8. Memorialization and the Spirit of Law -- 9. Precision in Persuasion -- 10. The Somers Mutiny and the American Ship of State -- 11. Invading Panama -- Coda -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806804303321 |
Ferguson Robert A. <1942->
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2016 | ||
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Reading the early republic [[electronic resource] /] / Robert A. Ferguson |
Autore | Ferguson Robert A. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (374 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.3/072 |
Soggetto topico |
Political culture - United States - History - 18th century - Historiography
Political culture - United States - History - 18th century English language - United States - Rhetoric English language - United States - Style Criticism, Textual |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-674-03680-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Earliness of the Early Republic 2. The Dialectic of Liberty 3. The Commonalities of Common Sense 4. Becoming American 5. The Forgotten Publius 6. Finding Rome in America 7. Gabriel's Rebellion 8. Jefferson at Monticello 9. Charity in the City of Brotherly Love 10. The Last Early Republican Text Epilogue Notes Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458082403321 |
Ferguson Robert A. <1942->
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2004 | ||
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