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Author Loebel, Thomas, 1965-

Title The letter and the spirit of nineteenth-century American literature [electronic resource] : justice, politics, and theology / Thomas Loebel.

Imprint Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005.

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Description viii, 295 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-287) and index.
Contents The justice of sentencing, or how (not) to speak -- "A" confession : how to avoid speaking the name of the father -- Constituting justice : Unionist-Republican and Confederate-Democratic narratives -- The feminine, the Judaic, the Pauline, and the political : Uncle Tom's Cabin and the ethical critique of justice -- Exodus politics and the redemption of difference -- Rendering justice in The Grandissimes : advocacy and others' voices -- Conclusion : Confederate democracy and the non-in-different Constitution.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Law and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Justice in literature.
Theology in literature.
Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0773528032 (acid-free paper)

 
    
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