The Oracle And The Curse

A Poetics Of Justice From The Revolution To The Civil War

by Caleb Smith
language: english
Publisher: Harvard University Press, April of 2013 ‧
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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.

The Oracle And The Curse

A Poetics Of Justice From The Revolution To The Civil War

by Caleb Smith

Property Description
ISBN: 9780674073081
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date: April of 2013
Language: English
Dimensions: 155 x 235 x 20 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > History of Literature
EAN: 9780674073081