THE ORACLE AND THE CURSE by Caleb Smith ( 9780674075856 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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THE ORACLE AND THE CURSE
A POETICS OF JUSTICE FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE CIVIL WAR

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0674075854

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9780674075856

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 May, 2013

Description:

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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Harvard University Press

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