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Demands of the dead [[electronic resource] ] : executions, storytelling, and activism in the United States / / edited by Katy Ryan
| Demands of the dead [[electronic resource] ] : executions, storytelling, and activism in the United States / / edited by Katy Ryan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.8/09206927 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RyanKaty <1968-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Prisoners' writings, American
Capital punishment in literature Executions and executioners in literature Capital punishment - Moral and ethical aspects - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-60938-103-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments and Permissions; Introduction - Katy Ryan; Part 1: Words through Walls; My Trip to the Chair - Willie Francis; Living Death: Ernest Gaines's A Lesson before Dying and the Execution of Willie Francis - Jason Stupp; The Sword into a Pen - Steve Champion; Writing with the Condemned: On Editing and Publishing the Work of Steve Champion - Tom Kerr; Leaving Death Row: A Screenplay - Elizabeth Ann Stein; Dead Man's Soap - Rick Stetter; Part 2: History and State Power; Billy Budd and Capital Punishment: A Tale of Four Centuries - H. Bruce Franklin; Poems - Jill McDonough
December 26, 1862: Chaska August 23, 1927: Nicola Sacco; May 3, 1946: Willie Francis; October 9, 2002: Aileen Wuornos; Antigallows Activism in Antebellum American Literature - John Cyril Barton; Electric Sensations and Executions in Gertrude Atherton's Patience Sparhawk and Her Times - Jennifer Leigh Lieberman; Life by Asphyxiation - Kia Corthron; Routines - Anthony Ross; Part 3: Voices and Bodies in Resistance; Jacques Derrida on Pain of Death - Thomas Dutoit; Capital Punishment - Sherman Alexie; Lynching, Embodiment, and Post-1960 African American Poetry - David Kieran State Killing, the Stage of Innocence, and The Exonerated - Katy Ryan Rap Sheet of Capitol Crimes: Music, Murder, and Aesthetic States of Terror - Matthew Stratton; Poems - Delbert L. Tibbs; A Poem for No Reason; For Gary Graham, a.k.a. Shaka Sankofa; Death Law; I Need a Poem; Contributors; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461616703321 |
| Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Demands of the dead [[electronic resource] ] : executions, storytelling, and activism in the United States / / edited by Katy Ryan
| Demands of the dead [[electronic resource] ] : executions, storytelling, and activism in the United States / / edited by Katy Ryan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.8/09206927 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RyanKaty <1968-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Prisoners' writings, American
Capital punishment in literature Executions and executioners in literature Capital punishment - Moral and ethical aspects - United States |
| ISBN | 1-60938-103-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments and Permissions; Introduction - Katy Ryan; Part 1: Words through Walls; My Trip to the Chair - Willie Francis; Living Death: Ernest Gaines's A Lesson before Dying and the Execution of Willie Francis - Jason Stupp; The Sword into a Pen - Steve Champion; Writing with the Condemned: On Editing and Publishing the Work of Steve Champion - Tom Kerr; Leaving Death Row: A Screenplay - Elizabeth Ann Stein; Dead Man's Soap - Rick Stetter; Part 2: History and State Power; Billy Budd and Capital Punishment: A Tale of Four Centuries - H. Bruce Franklin; Poems - Jill McDonough
December 26, 1862: Chaska August 23, 1927: Nicola Sacco; May 3, 1946: Willie Francis; October 9, 2002: Aileen Wuornos; Antigallows Activism in Antebellum American Literature - John Cyril Barton; Electric Sensations and Executions in Gertrude Atherton's Patience Sparhawk and Her Times - Jennifer Leigh Lieberman; Life by Asphyxiation - Kia Corthron; Routines - Anthony Ross; Part 3: Voices and Bodies in Resistance; Jacques Derrida on Pain of Death - Thomas Dutoit; Capital Punishment - Sherman Alexie; Lynching, Embodiment, and Post-1960 African American Poetry - David Kieran State Killing, the Stage of Innocence, and The Exonerated - Katy Ryan Rap Sheet of Capitol Crimes: Music, Murder, and Aesthetic States of Terror - Matthew Stratton; Poems - Delbert L. Tibbs; A Poem for No Reason; For Gary Graham, a.k.a. Shaka Sankofa; Death Law; I Need a Poem; Contributors; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790280903321 |
| Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Demands of the dead [[electronic resource] ] : executions, storytelling, and activism in the United States / / edited by Katy Ryan
| Demands of the dead [[electronic resource] ] : executions, storytelling, and activism in the United States / / edited by Katy Ryan |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.8/09206927 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RyanKaty <1968-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Prisoners' writings, American
Capital punishment in literature Executions and executioners in literature Capital punishment - Moral and ethical aspects - United States |
| ISBN | 1-60938-103-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments and Permissions; Introduction - Katy Ryan; Part 1: Words through Walls; My Trip to the Chair - Willie Francis; Living Death: Ernest Gaines's A Lesson before Dying and the Execution of Willie Francis - Jason Stupp; The Sword into a Pen - Steve Champion; Writing with the Condemned: On Editing and Publishing the Work of Steve Champion - Tom Kerr; Leaving Death Row: A Screenplay - Elizabeth Ann Stein; Dead Man's Soap - Rick Stetter; Part 2: History and State Power; Billy Budd and Capital Punishment: A Tale of Four Centuries - H. Bruce Franklin; Poems - Jill McDonough
December 26, 1862: Chaska August 23, 1927: Nicola Sacco; May 3, 1946: Willie Francis; October 9, 2002: Aileen Wuornos; Antigallows Activism in Antebellum American Literature - John Cyril Barton; Electric Sensations and Executions in Gertrude Atherton's Patience Sparhawk and Her Times - Jennifer Leigh Lieberman; Life by Asphyxiation - Kia Corthron; Routines - Anthony Ross; Part 3: Voices and Bodies in Resistance; Jacques Derrida on Pain of Death - Thomas Dutoit; Capital Punishment - Sherman Alexie; Lynching, Embodiment, and Post-1960 African American Poetry - David Kieran State Killing, the Stage of Innocence, and The Exonerated - Katy Ryan Rap Sheet of Capitol Crimes: Music, Murder, and Aesthetic States of Terror - Matthew Stratton; Poems - Delbert L. Tibbs; A Poem for No Reason; For Gary Graham, a.k.a. Shaka Sankofa; Death Law; I Need a Poem; Contributors; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816650803321 |
| Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Literary Executions : Capital Punishment and American Culture, 1820–1925 / / John Cyril Barton
| Literary Executions : Capital Punishment and American Culture, 1820–1925 / / John Cyril Barton |
| Autore | Barton John Cyril |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/3556 |
| Soggetto topico |
Capital punishment - Moral and ethical aspects - United States - History
Public opinion - United States Capital punishment - United States - Public opinion American literature - 20th century - History and criticism American literature - 19th century - History and criticism Executions and executioners in literature Capital punishment in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4214-1333-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: literary executions -- Anti-gallows activism in antebellum American law & literature -- Simms, Child, & the aesthetics of crime and punishment -- Literary executions in popular antebellum fiction -- Hawthorne & the evidentiary value of literature -- Melville, Mackenzie & the Somers affair -- An American travesty: capital punishment & the criminal justice system in Dreiser's An American tragedy -- Epilogue: the death penalty in literature. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464274103321 |
Barton John Cyril
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| Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Literary Executions : Capital Punishment and American Culture, 1820–1925 / / John Cyril Barton
| Literary Executions : Capital Punishment and American Culture, 1820–1925 / / John Cyril Barton |
| Autore | Barton John Cyril |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/3556 |
| Soggetto topico |
Capital punishment - Moral and ethical aspects - United States - History
Public opinion - United States Capital punishment - United States - Public opinion American literature - 20th century - History and criticism American literature - 19th century - History and criticism Executions and executioners in literature Capital punishment in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4214-1333-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: literary executions -- Anti-gallows activism in antebellum American law & literature -- Simms, Child, & the aesthetics of crime and punishment -- Literary executions in popular antebellum fiction -- Hawthorne & the evidentiary value of literature -- Melville, Mackenzie & the Somers affair -- An American travesty: capital punishment & the criminal justice system in Dreiser's An American tragedy -- Epilogue: the death penalty in literature. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524891803321 |
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Barton John Cyril
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| Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New essays on Billy Budd / / edited by Donald Yannella [[electronic resource]]
| New essays on Billy Budd / / edited by Donald Yannella [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 151 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 813/.3 |
| Collana | The American novel |
| Soggetto topico |
Sea stories, American - History and criticism
Executions and executioners in literature Impressment in literature Sailors in literature |
| ISBN |
1-107-11184-6
1-280-15174-9 0-511-11604-7 0-511-03939-5 0-511-14785-6 0-511-32571-1 0-511-61374-1 0-511-05259-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Billy Budd and American labor unrest : the case for striking back / Larry J. Reynolds -- Religion, myth, and meaning in the art of Billy Budd, Sailor / Gail Coffler -- Old man Melville : the rose and the cross / Robert Milder -- Melville's indirection : Billy Budd, the genetic text, and "the deadly space between" / John Wenke. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450060003321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New essays on Billy Budd / / edited by Donald Yannella [[electronic resource]]
| New essays on Billy Budd / / edited by Donald Yannella [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 151 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 813/.3 |
| Collana | The American novel |
| Soggetto topico |
Sea stories, American - History and criticism
Executions and executioners in literature Impressment in literature Sailors in literature |
| ISBN |
1-107-11184-6
1-280-15174-9 0-511-11604-7 0-511-03939-5 0-511-14785-6 0-511-32571-1 0-511-61374-1 0-511-05259-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Billy Budd and American labor unrest : the case for striking back / Larry J. Reynolds -- Religion, myth, and meaning in the art of Billy Budd, Sailor / Gail Coffler -- Old man Melville : the rose and the cross / Robert Milder -- Melville's indirection : Billy Budd, the genetic text, and "the deadly space between" / John Wenke. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782957403321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New essays on Billy Budd / / edited by Donald Yannella [[electronic resource]]
| New essays on Billy Budd / / edited by Donald Yannella [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 151 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 813/.3 |
| Collana | The American novel |
| Soggetto topico |
Sea stories, American - History and criticism
Executions and executioners in literature Impressment in literature Sailors in literature |
| ISBN |
1-107-11184-6
1-280-15174-9 0-511-11604-7 0-511-03939-5 0-511-14785-6 0-511-32571-1 0-511-61374-1 0-511-05259-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Billy Budd and American labor unrest : the case for striking back / Larry J. Reynolds -- Religion, myth, and meaning in the art of Billy Budd, Sailor / Gail Coffler -- Old man Melville : the rose and the cross / Robert Milder -- Melville's indirection : Billy Budd, the genetic text, and "the deadly space between" / John Wenke. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826498003321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Prisons, Race, and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature and Film / Peter Caster
| Prisons, Race, and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature and Film / Peter Caster |
| Autore | Caster Peter <1972-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 279 p.) : : ill. ; |
| Disciplina | 810.9/3556 |
| Soggetto topico |
Executions and executioners in literature
American literature - Film adaptations Motion pictures and literature - United States African Americans - Race identity Masculinity in motion pictures Masculinity in literature Imprisonment in motion pictures American literature - 20th century - History and criticism Imprisonment in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Imprisonment in U.S. history and the cultural imagination -- Literary execution: race, crime, and punishment in three Faulkner novels -- Soul on ice, schizoanalysis, and the subject of imprisonment -- The executioner's song and the narration of history -- The contradictions of documentary realism in American history X -- "Based upon a true story": the hurricane and the problem of prison redemption -- The farm: "This is no dream or nothing made up, this is for real" -- Staging prisons and the performance of history. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524660203321 |
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Caster Peter <1972->
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| Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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