The letter and the spirit of nineteenth-century American literature justice, politics, and theology / [electronic resource] :
Thomas Loebel.
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005.
- viii, 295 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-287) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century Law and literature--History--United States--19th century. Justice in literature. Theology in literature. Politics and literature--History--United States--19th century. Discourse analysis, Narrative.