TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Caleb ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - The oracle and the curse: a poetics of justice from the Revolution to the Civil War AV - PS169.L37 S63 2013 U1 - 810.9/355 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard University Press KW - American literature KW - History and criticism KW - Law and literature KW - United States KW - History KW - Social justice in literature KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3301245 ER -