The oracle and the curse [electronic resource] : a poetics of justice from the Revolution to the Civil War / Caleb Smith.

By: Smith, Caleb, 1977-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013Description: xiii, 264 pISBN: 9780674075849 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): American literature -- History and criticism | Law and literature -- United States -- History | Social justice in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 810.9/355 LOC classification: PS169.L37 | S63 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction: The poetics of Justice -- Oracles of Law -- Oracles of God -- Blasphemy "at the court of Hell" -- Evil Speaking, "a bridle for the unbridled tongue" -- The Curse of Slavery -- Words of Fire -- Epilogue: The Curse at Sea.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The poetics of Justice -- Oracles of Law -- Oracles of God -- Blasphemy "at the court of Hell" -- Evil Speaking, "a bridle for the unbridled tongue" -- The Curse of Slavery -- Words of Fire -- Epilogue: The Curse at Sea.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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