The Oracle and the Curse : A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War.

By:

Smith, Caleb

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780674075849

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Oracle and the CurseDDC classification:

810.9355

LOC classification:

PS169

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Poetics of Justice -- 1. Oracles of Law -- 2. Oracles of God -- 3. Blasphemy "At the Court of Hell -- 4. Evil Speaking, "A Bridle for the Unbridled Tongue -- 5. The Curse of Slavery -- 6. Words of Fire -- Epilogue: The Curse at Sea -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Summary: Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and conscience in antebellum America's court of public opinion and shows how writers portrayed struggles for justice as clashes between human law and higher authority, giving voice to a moral protest that transformed American literature.

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Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and conscience in antebellum America's court of public opinion and shows how writers portrayed struggles for justice as clashes between human law and higher authority, giving voice to a moral protest that transformed American literature.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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