Smith, Caleb. <br/><br/>
The Oracle and the Curse :  A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (281 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674075849 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature-History and criticism.<br/>Law and literature-United States-History.<br/>Social justice in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS169 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>810.9355